BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16821; COLLNO12;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Tholeiite Hht Talaidh Tholeiite Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 36 ft NW to NNW dyke, Talaidh type, cuts Lst Coal Gp; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 306
Locality details Dusk Water at Hesselhead
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3836 5295
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16821

Cross Polarized, S16821

Plane Polarized, S16821

Plane Polarized, S16821