BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17660; COLLNO17;
Sample Donor Wilson, George Victor
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyrtitc Orthophyric Trachyte Hht. Trachyte With Quartz Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Small acid plug cuts Calcif Sst Ser lavas; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 125; Trans Geol. Soc Glasg, 1916, Vol 16, p. 98
Locality details 900 ft ENE of Wardlaw
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2515 5136
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17660

Cross Polarized, S17660

Plane Polarized, S17660

Plane Polarized, S17660