BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30420; S30420/A; COLLNOTR180;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Chlorite-Muscovite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Gneiss, contorted, ? Sillimanite; much shimmer; quartz-permeated diaphthoretic pelitic schist
Locality details S31. SE side of largest loch on W Linga and 680 yds SSW of S end of Wether Holm
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 536 642
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30420

Cross Polarized, S30420

Plane Polarized, S30420

Plane Polarized, S30420


S30420/A

Cross Polarized, S30420/A

Plane Polarized, S30420/A

Plane Polarized, S30420/A