BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30426; S30426/A; COLLNOTR186;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Quartz-Feldspar Granulite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Calcareous schist; sheared; ?recrystallised granite, or quartz-soaked quartz-feldspar granulite
Locality details S5. 300 yds ESE of Point of Gruid and 280 yds WSW of S end of Loch of Sandwick, Whalsay
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 534 615
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30426

Cross Polarized, S30426

Plane Polarized, S30426

Plane Polarized, S30426


S30426/A

Cross Polarized, S30426/A

Plane Polarized, S30426/A

Plane Polarized, S30426/A