BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73416; COLLNONX1257;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name Andesite.
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ? Porphyrite. Contact unclear. Lower Devonian - minor intrusion in Silurian greywacke
Locality details Shore below 'the Tower', Balcary Bay
50k map sheet Dalbeattie (5E)

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Map reference NX 8266 4958
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73416

Cross Polarized, S73416

Plane Polarized, S73416

Plane Polarized, S73416