BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S6161
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Amygdaloidal Olivine Basaltt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Amygdaloidal olivine basalt, fragment in tuff, supposed Permian neck
Locality details Greenhill, Waterside
50k map sheet Ayr (14)

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Map reference NS 44 09
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S6161

Cross Polarized, S6161

Plane Polarized, S6161

Plane Polarized, S6161