BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30380; COLLNOTR140;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Soaked Oligoclase Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Gneiss; sutured quartz, muscovite-quartz symplectite; biotite ?recrystallised with quartz
Locality details S7. The Vongs, easternmost skerry
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 639 702
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30380

Cross Polarized, S30380

Plane Polarized, S30380

Plane Polarized, S30380