BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S71864; MR35804;
Sample Donor Dangerfield,J.; Hawkes,J.R.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Aplite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pegmatite aplite
Locality details Exposure in old railway cutting at E end of the Clints of Dromore, 0.3km 6.350 deg from Dromore Farm
50k map sheet Wigtown (4)

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Map reference NX 5530 6410
Year collected 1983 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S71864

Cross Polarized, S71864

Plane Polarized, S71864

Plane Polarized, S71864