BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20436; COLLNOA.47;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basic Teschenite, Theralitic Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Gateside faulted sill outcrop (?nepheline); Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 268, 269
Locality details 650 yds N 30 deg. W of Thornhill
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4301 4801
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20436

Cross Polarized, S20436

Plane Polarized, S20436

Plane Polarized, S20436