BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16083; COLLNO250;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine-Basalt Hht. Dalmeny Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Small islet mapped as a sill. Like S 13711 but coarser; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 278
Locality details S of docks at Ardrossan
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2250 4168
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16083

Cross Polarized, S16083

Plane Polarized, S16083

Plane Polarized, S16083