BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73344; COLLNONX1232;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: "Normal" Medium-Grained Facies'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Newmains differentiated dyke (L Devonian); see Kennedy & Read, QJGS 1936 and Reynolds, Geol Mag 1956
Locality details Field just N of Righead; S. 73344 - 73346 collected adjacent to each other at N contact of dyke
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

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Map reference NX 8884 7635
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73344

Cross Polarized, S73344

Plane Polarized, S73344

Plane Polarized, S73344