BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17533; COLLNO3;
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Microporphyritic Olivine Dolerite. Tholeiitic Olivine-Dolerite Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 54 ft E 10 deg N dyke, cf. Jedburgh, cuts Coal Measures (compare S. 17536, 17537, 17540); Ayrshire Memoir, p. 308
Locality details 2200 ft WSW of Railway Bridge Gauchalland; W by S dyke
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4871 3591
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17533

Cross Polarized, S17533

Plane Polarized, S17533

Plane Polarized, S17533