BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20026; COLLNO26;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dalmeny - Jedburgh non-macroporphyritic lava (intermediate type); Ayrshire Memoir, p. 104 Trans Geol Soc Glasg, Vol. 20, pp. 253 - 259
Locality details 150 yds E of Trig Point on Howcraigs Hill
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4561 5545
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20026

Cross Polarized, S20026

Plane Polarized, S20026

Plane Polarized, S20026