BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S210
Sample Donor UNKNOWN
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz diorite, allied to camptonite
Locality details Nr Meikle Barncleugh, 4 miles W of Dumfries
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

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Map reference NX 90 77
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S210

Cross Polarized, S210

Plane Polarized, S210

Plane Polarized, S210