BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16987; COLLNO337;
Sample Donor Anderson, E.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Tholeiite Like Brunton Type But With Porphyriitic Feldspar Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments NW dyke, Brunton type, cuts Coal Measures. Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 307, 308
Locality details Underground position below small wood 1/2mile W by N from Fergushill Rows
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3242 4368
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16987

Cross Polarized, S16987

Plane Polarized, S16987

Plane Polarized, S16987