BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S24761
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Monchiquitic Basalt With Olivine Spinel-Pyroxene Nodule'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Monchiquitic basalt with olivine spinel pyroxene nodule, from N 10 deg E dyke (not less than 6 feet) cutting ash of neck ?Permian
Locality details Patna Hill 100 yards SSE of triangulation point 863
50k map sheet Ayr (14)

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Map reference NS 408 108
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S24761

Cross Polarized, S24761

Plane Polarized, S24761

Plane Polarized, S24761