BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S74861; S74861/B; COLLNOZD828;
Sample Donor Cameron,I.B.
Rock name Rhyodacite; Rhyolite;.
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Rhyolite lava with scattered phenocrysts of feldspar, overlying mugearite in Clyde Plateau lava pile. Lower Carboniferous
Locality details Swinlees Quarry, SE corner of the large quarry in Carwinning Hill
50k map sheet Kilmarnock (22)

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Map reference NT 2880 5285
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S74861

Cross Polarized, S74861

Plane Polarized, S74861

Plane Polarized, S74861


S74861/B

Cross Polarized, S74861/B

Plane Polarized, S74861/B

Plane Polarized, S74861/B