BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S33097
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Soaked, Diaphthoretic, Sillimanite Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz-soaked, diaphthoretic, sillimanite schist. Granulite, ?sillimanite; with shimmer, chlorite and pinite; quartz-soaked
Locality details S of The Kames, Calback Ness, S of DH. 640
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 384 760
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S33097

Cross Polarized, S33097

Plane Polarized, S33097

Plane Polarized, S33097