BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20430; COLLNOA.50;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Nepheline Basanite Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mapped with basalt lavas (?possibly intrusion); Ayrshire Memoir, p. 111
Locality details 250 yds W 30 deg S of West Carswell
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4522 5187
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20430

Cross Polarized, S20430

Plane Polarized, S20430

Plane Polarized, S20430