BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S24104; COLLNOE4229;
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Fine-Grained Acid Tholeiitic Quartz-Dolerite Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Big NW post-Carboniferous Moneyacres Dyke. Same dyke as S. 23845 - 23846, 24101 - 24103, 24105 and a continuation of the Acklington - Hawick dyke; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 303, 304, 312 (anal.); Summ Prog 1925, p. 128
Locality details 1.25 miles ENE of Dunlop and 400 yds N of Moneyacres
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4289 5070
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S24104

Cross Polarized, S24104

Plane Polarized, S24104

Plane Polarized, S24104