BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S26960; COLLNOF37;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Biotite-Hornblende-Augite Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hornfelsed dyke rock, post-metamorphism weathering, dark porphyritic granite
Locality details Powmeadow Burn; ?same exposure as L 1518N and L 300-305
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 60 33
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S26960

Cross Polarized, S26960

Plane Polarized, S26960

Plane Polarized, S26960