BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S24768
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Decomposed Coarse Ophitic Olivine Dolerite (Some Sanidine And Undetermined Miner'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Decomposed coarse ophitic olivine dolerite (some sanidine and undetermined mineral), bomb in agglomerate of ?Permian neck
Locality details Polnesson Burn 260 yards upstream from Patna-Ayr road
50k map sheet Ayr (14)

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Map reference NS 422 117
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S24768

Cross Polarized, S24768

Plane Polarized, S24768

Plane Polarized, S24768