BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30026; COLLNODH1383;
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Andesine-Biotite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Injection gneiss; quartz-soaked
Locality details Summit of Laxo Knowe
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 421 646
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30026

Cross Polarized, S30026

Plane Polarized, S30026

Plane Polarized, S30026