BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S43861
Sample Donor Mykura,W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Calcareous Sandy Tuff'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Calcareous sandy tuff, sheared agglomerate within 5 yards of SW edge of vent with carbonated serpentines and fragments of carbonaceous sediment
Locality details Hunterston Atomic Generating Station, outlet culvert N side of trench, 95 yards NNW of centre of B reactor
50k map sheet Arran (Millport) (21)

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Map reference NS 180 510
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S43861

Cross Polarized, S43861

Plane Polarized, S43861

Plane Polarized, S43861