BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73285; COLLNONX1177i;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Fresh Lamprophyre With Euhedral Hornblende'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Samples collected from N to S across a 7 m thick dyke of fresh 'diorite' in Silurian greywacke. See also S. 250, 22859, 70509, 70670, 73277 - 73284, 73286
Locality details Coast road (A 747) at Garheugh Port
50k map sheet Wigtown (4)

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Map reference NX 2694 5010
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73285

Cross Polarized, S73285

Plane Polarized, S73285

Plane Polarized, S73285