BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20053; COLLNO31;
Sample Donor Richey, James E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt Jer Transition From Jedburgh Basalt To Trachybasalt Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Calcif Sst Ser lava or intrusion, nepheline basanite (EBB) / transitional from Jedburgh basalt to trachybasalt (AGM); Ayrshire Memoir, pp. 101, 102 Trans Geol Soc Glasg, Vol. 20, pp. 253 - 259
Locality details Knockenae Plantation, 225 yds W of Trig Point
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NS 4494 5434
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20053

Cross Polarized, S20053

Plane Polarized, S20053

Plane Polarized, S20053