BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30434; COLLNOTR194;
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Biotite-Oligoclase-Microcline Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Muscovite-biotite-oligoclase-microcline gneiss
Locality details S4. 40 yds SE of extreme E end of Loch of Huxter, Whalsay
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 562 620
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30434

Cross Polarized, S30434

Plane Polarized, S30434

Plane Polarized, S30434