BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S33068
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Biotite-Oligoclase Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Muscovite-biotite-oligoclase gneiss. Sillimanite granulite; feldspar mainly oligoclase, some garnet, sillimanite fibres, muscovite-quartz symplectite
Locality details Mio Ness, N point
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 425 793
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S33068

Cross Polarized, S33068

Plane Polarized, S33068

Plane Polarized, S33068