BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73326; S73326/A; COLLNONX1216;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Mafic Medium-Grained Facies, Near S Contact'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Newmains differentiated dyke (L Devonian); see Kennedy & Read, QJGS 1936 and Reynolds, Geol Mag 1938
Locality details Field immediately SSE of Meikle Barncleugh Farm
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

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Map reference NX 9023 7696
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73326

Cross Polarized, S73326

Plane Polarized, S73326

Plane Polarized, S73326


S73326/A

Cross Polarized, S73326/A

Plane Polarized, S73326/A

Plane Polarized, S73326/A