BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S24888
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Decomposed Fine-Grained ?Andesite Or Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Decomposed fine-grained ?andesite or basalt, haematised Old Red Sandstone Lava
Locality details 400 yards WSW of triangulation point 912 Brown Carrick Hill
50k map sheet Ayr (14)

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Map reference NS 289 161
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S24888

Cross Polarized, S24888

Plane Polarized, S24888

Plane Polarized, S24888