BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S43943; COLLNODH2617;
Sample Donor Haldane,D.; Phemister,J.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Contact-Altered Sheared Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Contact-altered sheared rock=biotite-pyroxene-epidote-amphibole-albite foliate
Locality details Loch of Lunnister, peninsula on W side
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 344 715
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S43943

Cross Polarized, S43943

Plane Polarized, S43943

Plane Polarized, S43943