BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S48845
Sample Donor UNKNOWN
Rock name 'Original entry: Banded Siltstone, Tuffaceous Sandstone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Banded siltstone, tuffaceous sandstone, red silty mudstone with plants interbedded berween two lava flows (formerly Permian)
Locality details River Ayr, N bank, 1070 yards S 76 deg W of SW corner of Stairhill
50k map sheet Ayr (14)

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Map reference NS 452 242
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S48845

Cross Polarized, S48845

Plane Polarized, S48845

Plane Polarized, S48845