BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S28906; COLLNODH2058;
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende Gneiss, Contact-Altered'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Hardened schist; new pyroxene; W Shetland Mem p. 34
Locality details Muckle Roe; knoll SW of Northknowe
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 342 641
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S28906

Cross Polarized, S28906

Plane Polarized, S28906

Plane Polarized, S28906