BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17512; COLLNO385;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basic Teschenite Near Picrite Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Irvine Mains sill, near Duntonknoll Quarry, cuts Coal Measures; underground, in pit; idiomorphic titanaugite; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 270
Locality details 500 yds SW from Lawthorn
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3442 4055
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17512

Cross Polarized, S17512

Plane Polarized, S17512

Plane Polarized, S17512