BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S203
Sample Donor UNKNOWN
Rock name 'Original entry: Biotite Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Biotite porphyrite, holocrystalline
Locality details Woodhead Hill, 4 miles SSW of Dumfries
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

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Map reference NX 92 71
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S203

Cross Polarized, S203

Plane Polarized, S203

Plane Polarized, S203