BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30421; COLLNOTR181;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Garnetiferous Chlorite-Muscovite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Gneiss, kyanitic; much contorted shimmer - no relics; quartz injection
Locality details S33. W side of Head of Skennif, W Linga
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 532 654
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30421

Cross Polarized, S30421

Plane Polarized, S30421

Plane Polarized, S30421