BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S18742; S18742/A; COLLNO1928;
Sample Donor Flett,J.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyrite (Group 1): Baked, Stage V Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments NNE dyke, cutting baked sandstone (Lower ORS); Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 32, 38, 54; Pl II Fig. 6
Locality details 150 yds above sheepfold at margin of moor, Tulloch Burn
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 5957 3539
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S18742

Cross Polarized, S18742

Plane Polarized, S18742

Plane Polarized, S18742


S18742/A

Cross Polarized, S18742/A

Plane Polarized, S18742/A

Plane Polarized, S18742/A