BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S49495
Sample Donor Davies,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Slaggy Xenolithic ? Monchiquite (C )'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Slaggy xenolithic ? Monchiquite (C ), dolerite dyke with sandstone xenoliths
Locality details Poldownie Burn, 620 yards N 40 deg E of Glenmuirshaaw
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 6990 2040
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S49495

Cross Polarized, S49495

Plane Polarized, S49495

Plane Polarized, S49495