BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73332; COLLNONX1222;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornfelsed Silurian Greywacke, S Contact Of Dyke'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Newmains differentiated dyke (L Devonian); see Kennedy & Read, QJGS 1936 and Reynolds, Geol Mag 1944
Locality details Second field SW of Meikle Barncleugh Farm
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

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Map reference NX 8987 7683
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73332

Cross Polarized, S73332

Plane Polarized, S73332

Plane Polarized, S73332