BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17048; COLLNO19;
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Dalmeny Basalt Agm Olivine Dolerite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lava or intrusion of Calcif Sst Ser age; cf. Dunsapie (?or Dalmeny) type; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 61, 103; Trans Geol Soc Glasgow Vol. 20, pp. 253 - 259.
Locality details Smithy Quarry, NW of Middleyard
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 5122 3258
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17048

Cross Polarized, S17048

Plane Polarized, S17048

Plane Polarized, S17048