BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30414; COLLNOTR174;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Garnetiferous Muscovite-Chlorite Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Sillimanite schist or gneiss; much shimmer but no relic original sillimanite
Locality details S17. W side of W Linga, 600 yds E of S end of Little Linga
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 528 648
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30414

Cross Polarized, S30414

Plane Polarized, S30414

Plane Polarized, S30414