BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S23183; COLLNOL107;
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Medium-Grained Sub-Basic Rock (?Sill) Of Group 2 : Baked (Stage 3). Horneblende Developed In Vesicles Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Intrusion in baked Downtonian sandstone; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 36, 37, 53
Locality details Wedder Hill, 325 yds E 15 deg S from cairn, Blackside
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 5981 3096
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S23183

Cross Polarized, S23183

Plane Polarized, S23183

Plane Polarized, S23183