BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S18534; COLLNO421;
Sample Donor Wilson, George Victor
Rock name 'Original entry: Microporphyritic Olivine-Basalt Hht Dalmeny Basalt - Identical With Local Millstone Grit Lavas Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mapped as an intrusion, but may possibly be a lava / ?Passage Gp lava or small intrusion; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 278
Locality details Rashhillhouse Quarry, NE of Rashillhouse Farmhouse
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3839 4328
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S18534

Cross Polarized, S18534

Plane Polarized, S18534

Plane Polarized, S18534