BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S33054
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Chlorite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Schist; feldspar acid plagioclase; chlorite after biotite; veinlets of albite
Locality details Linga, off Firth Ness, S shore
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 465 730
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S33054

Cross Polarized, S33054

Plane Polarized, S33054

Plane Polarized, S33054