BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S172
Sample Donor Museum Specimens
Rock name 'Original entry: Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Diorite with porphyritic hornblende
Locality details NW of Cairndoon, 3.5 miles W of Whithorn
50k map sheet Whithorn (2)

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Map reference NX 38 39
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S172

Cross Polarized, S172

Plane Polarized, S172

Plane Polarized, S172