BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S25241
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Monchiquitic Basalt Or Nepheline Monchiquite (= Nepheline Basalt)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Monchiquitic basalt or nepheline monchiquite (= nepheline basalt), Permian lavas
Locality details Quarry 430 yards E 5 deg N of Grasmailun, 1.75 miles SE of Mauchline
50k map sheet Ayr (14)

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Map reference NS 509 267
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S25241

Cross Polarized, S25241

Plane Polarized, S25241

Plane Polarized, S25241