BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17470; COLLNO49;
Sample Donor Wilson, George Victor
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine Basalt Hht Monchiquitic Analcime Basalt Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments NNW dyke, Hillhouse type, cuts basaltic tuff of Calcif Sst Ser age, same rock as S. 18427; Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 300, 310 - 311
Locality details 1000 ft SW of Gill Hill
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 2429 4954
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S17470

Cross Polarized, S17470

Plane Polarized, S17470

Plane Polarized, S17470