BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20238; COLLNOM36;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt - Near Dunsapie Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Calcif Sst Ser lava, Dunsapie type, not typical, see hand specimen for phenocrysts; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 97, 98
Locality details 300 yds E 8 deg N of Threepwood
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3949 5599
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20238

Cross Polarized, S20238

Plane Polarized, S20238

Plane Polarized, S20238