BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20316; COLLNO529;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Dolerite Hht Porphyritic, Very Fine-Grained Non-Ophitic Type Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 60 ft dyke (Caponcraig Gaw), NW to NNW, cuts vBd4; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 302, Pl VII, Fig. 3
Locality details Foreshore 1100 yds NW by W od Barassie Station
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3203 3343
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20316

Cross Polarized, S20316

Plane Polarized, S20316

Plane Polarized, S20316