BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73347; COLLNONX1235;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornfelsed Silurian Greywacke, Near N Contact'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Newmains differentiated dyke (L Devonian); see Kennedy & Read, QJGS 1936 and Reynolds, Geol Mag 1959
Locality details Old quarry in second field NE of Newmains Farm
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

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Map reference NX 8853 7608
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73347

Cross Polarized, S73347

Plane Polarized, S73347

Plane Polarized, S73347