BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73330; COLLNONX1220;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Mafic Coarse-Grained Facies'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Newmains differentiated dyke (L Devonian); see Kennedy & Read, QJGS 1936 and Reynolds, Geol Mag 1942
Locality details Second field SW of Meikle Barncleugh Farm
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

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Map reference NX 8993 7684
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73330

Cross Polarized, S73330

Plane Polarized, S73330

Plane Polarized, S73330