BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17008; COLLNO36;
Sample Donor Wilson, George Victor
Rock name 'Original entry: Tholeiite Hht Tholeiite Like Brunton Type But With Porphyritic Feldspar Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments NW dyke, Brunton type, cuts UORS; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 307 - 308
Locality details 1700 ft NW of Coal Hill
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2409 4707
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17008

Cross Polarized, S17008

Plane Polarized, S17008

Plane Polarized, S17008