BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S18772; S18772/A; COLLNO2007;
Sample Donor Flett,J.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Altered Dioritic Rock (Group 3) "Hyperite" Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Intrusion; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 45, 46
Locality details In River Avon, NW of Lairds Knowe, where small stream enters Avon
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 597 328
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S18772

Cross Polarized, S18772

Plane Polarized, S18772

Plane Polarized, S18772


S18772/A

Cross Polarized, S18772/A

Plane Polarized, S18772/A

Plane Polarized, S18772/A