BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12820; COLLNO77;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine Basalt Hht; Hornblende Trachybasalt Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Very basic trachybasalt with hornblende; Lava of Calciferous Sst Ser age; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 110
Locality details Quarry, just E of Carmunnock
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 6014 5755
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12820

Cross Polarized, S12820

Plane Polarized, S12820

Plane Polarized, S12820