BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S44446; COLLNOYC705;
Sample Donor Mykura,W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Peridotite (Lherzolite)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Peridotite (lherzolite), large rounded pebble in xenolithic dyke
Locality details Houldsworth Colliery, Drysdale's Manriding Road, 340 yards NE of No.1 Pit
50k map sheet Ayr (14)

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Map reference NS 42 12
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S44446

Cross Polarized, S44446

Plane Polarized, S44446

Plane Polarized, S44446