BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73350; COLLNONX1237;
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 1962
Locality details Old quarry in second field NE of Newmains Farm
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

View images in GeoScenic related to 'Maxwelltown'

View the geology near 'Maxwelltown'

Map reference NX 8855 7611
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

Links to high resolution images

Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73350

Cross Polarized, S73350

Plane Polarized, S73350

Plane Polarized, S73350