BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S26900; COLLNOG51;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Microporphyry - Metamorphic Hornblende'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Melaphyre (intrusive); nothing approaching this seen anywhere else
Locality details Horn Burn
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 604 366
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S26900

Cross Polarized, S26900

Plane Polarized, S26900

Plane Polarized, S26900