BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30405; COLLNOTR165;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Contact-Altered Hornblende Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hornblende schist, contact with phyllite; large diopside aggregates
Locality details S5. SE corner of Filla, Out Skerries
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 661 685
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30405

Cross Polarized, S30405

Plane Polarized, S30405

Plane Polarized, S30405