BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16107; COLLNO274;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt Pitchstone Hht Chilled Ferric Basalt With Phenocrysts Of Orthoclase And Olivine Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Glassy vein in Castle Craigs picrite. Dyke cutting picrite. Ayrshire Memoir, p. 268
Locality details Castle Craigs, Ardrossan
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2277 4156
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16107

Cross Polarized, S16107

Plane Polarized, S16107

Plane Polarized, S16107