BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S22619; COLLNO737;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Rotten Coarse Basalt Recalling Passage Gp Dalmeny Basalt Lava. Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Small sill, W of Rushaw - Hemphill outcrop of Galston sill, cf. Passge Gp lavas of Dalmeny type; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 277
Locality details 250 yds NE of Nether Raith
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4711 4169
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S22619

Cross Polarized, S22619

Plane Polarized, S22619

Plane Polarized, S22619