BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20231; COLLNO124;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Trachybasalt Jer Basaltic Rock With Porphyritic Hornblende Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 10 ft ENE dyke, cuts lavas of Calcif Sst Ser age (note hornblende); Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 88, 110
Locality details 460 yds SW of Reivoch
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3947 5681
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20231

Cross Polarized, S20231

Plane Polarized, S20231

Plane Polarized, S20231