BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16980; COLLNO330;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Rotten Coarse Olivine-Basalt Recalling Passage Gp Dalmeny Basalt Lavas. Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Small sill or plug, of Passage Gp lava type, cf. S. 16873. Ayrshire Memoir, p. 277
Locality details Eagle Rock, small island 1/2 mile E of N end of Horse Island, Ardrossan
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2215 4174
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16980

Cross Polarized, S16980

Plane Polarized, S16980

Plane Polarized, S16980