BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16979; COLLNO329;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Lamprophyric Teschenite Hht Camptonite Near Camptonitic Teschenite Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Castle Craigs picrite sill, near essexite in character. Ayrshire Memoir, p. 267
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


S16979

Cross Polarized, S16979

Plane Polarized, S16979

Plane Polarized, S16979