BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S33076; COLLNODH360;
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Retrograded Pelitic Schist, Contact-Altered'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hornblende-staurolite rock (boiulder); shimmer aggregate after ?porphyroblasts
Locality details Between Snitteradoo and Oxnabool burns
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 411 718
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S33076

Cross Polarized, S33076

Plane Polarized, S33076

Plane Polarized, S33076