BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S13708; COLLNO28;
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Completely Decomposed Dolerite Hht'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Rotten olivine dolerite or basalt, recalling Dalmeny basalt lava of Passage Gp age. AGM. Ssame sill as S. 16084 & 16085 (seaward side) Ayrshire Memoir, p. 277
Locality details At the baths engine house, Ardrossan
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2313 4189
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S13708

Cross Polarized, S13708

Plane Polarized, S13708

Plane Polarized, S13708