BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30389; COLLNOTR149;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Biotite Gneiss, Diaphthoretic'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Gneiss , ?sillimanite; ?a pelitic schist injected by Na-SiO2, then retrograded
Locality details S5. Millsie Geo, 570 yds WSW of Skaw Taing, Whalsay
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 604 666
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30389

Cross Polarized, S30389

Plane Polarized, S30389

Plane Polarized, S30389