BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17536; COLLNO6;
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Ophytic Olivine Dolerite. Tholeiitic.Olivine Dolerite. Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Same dyke as S. 17533, 17537, 17540, cuts Coal Measures; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 307, 308
Locality details 1100 ft SW of Railway Bridge Gauchalland. W by S dyke
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4907 3592
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17536

Cross Polarized, S17536

Plane Polarized, S17536

Plane Polarized, S17536