BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S33051
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Granulite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Granulite, lineated; feldspar mostly oligoclase; apatite-rich in some layers
Locality details Linga, off Firth Ness, E shore, N half
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 469 737
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S33051

Cross Polarized, S33051

Plane Polarized, S33051

Plane Polarized, S33051