BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S21416; COLLNOT58;
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine Basalt; Fine-Grained Dalmeny Basalt Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dalmeny type basalt, mapped as intrusion, but could be Passage Gp lava; Ayrshire Memoir, p. 287
Locality details Stream 90 yds E from bend just N of Helenton
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 3947 3072
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S21416

Cross Polarized, S21416

Plane Polarized, S21416

Plane Polarized, S21416