BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S29448
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Contact Altered Microdiorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Contact altered microdiorite, fine-grained greyish pink igneous close to contact with granodiorite (S80)
Locality details Gareland Burn left bank, 1110 yards E 42 deg N of triangulation point at 1535 feet on Kirklea
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 779 191
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S29448

Cross Polarized, S29448

Plane Polarized, S29448

Plane Polarized, S29448