BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20299; COLLNO511;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Andesite Or Basalt - Most Probably Olivine-Basalt (Group 2) Hht Andesite (Group 1) Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lower ORS lava, pseudomorphs after rhombic pyroxene; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 29
Locality details 100 yds N of Sornhill Farm
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 5092 3430
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20299

Cross Polarized, S20299

Plane Polarized, S20299

Plane Polarized, S20299