BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S29479
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: ?Contact Altered Microdiorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Contact altered microdiorite, red fine-grained igneous, facies of variable intrusion close to Southern Upland fault
Locality details Gareland Burn right bank 1100 yards N 4 deg E of triangulation point at 1535 feet on Kirklea
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 772 194
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S29479

Cross Polarized, S29479

Plane Polarized, S29479

Plane Polarized, S29479