BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20986; COLLNOBo/52;
Sample Donor Burnett, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Microporphyritic Olivine Basalt Hht Dalmeny Basalt Near Hillhouse Type Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Calcif Sst Ser lava, intermediated between Dalmeny and Hillhouse types; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 104
Locality details 600 ft SSE Fa'side Inn
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 5291 5469
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20986

Cross Polarized, S20986

Plane Polarized, S20986

Plane Polarized, S20986