BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S18443; COLLNO1487;
Sample Donor Wilson, George Victor
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine-Basalt Hht ?Xenolithic Monchiquitic Basalt - Spinel Fragments Volc. Ash Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Ash neck, see also S. 18446 - 18449, 19277 - 19286; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 283. Trans Geol Soc Glasg, Vol 16, p.95
Locality details 0.31 mile SW of Holmbyre, WSW of Dalry
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2657 4802
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S18443

Cross Polarized, S18443

Plane Polarized, S18443

Plane Polarized, S18443