BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16998; COLLNO26;
Sample Donor Wilson, George Victor
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine Basalt Hht Coarse Basalt (Rotten) Recalling Passage Gp Dalmeny Basalt Lavas. Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Small sill of Passage Gp type basalt. Ayrshire Memoir, p. 277
Locality details 700ft SSE of Coal Hil (Int Sill in Carb. Limestone)l
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2449 4657
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16998

Cross Polarized, S16998

Plane Polarized, S16998

Plane Polarized, S16998