BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17529; COLLNO22;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Chilled Vesicular Microporphyritic Olivine Basalt Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Edge of flow, Passage Fm Lava Series (complete section), cf. S 13870 - 13876; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 223 - 224; Trans Geol. Soc Glasg, Vol 20, pp. 253 - 259
Locality details No. 1 Bore, 2800 ft from Gailes Station. Depth 92 fm 4 ft 3 in
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3279 3493
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17529

Cross Polarized, S17529

Plane Polarized, S17529

Plane Polarized, S17529