BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20023; COLLNO24;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Albitised Basalic Rock With Porphyritic Hornblande Agm ?Trachybasalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments NE dyke; albitised basaltic rock with augite; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 88, 110
Locality details 1160 yds NE of Shutterflat
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4054 5464
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20023

Cross Polarized, S20023

Plane Polarized, S20023

Plane Polarized, S20023