BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S27744
Sample Donor Read, H.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Garnet-Oligoclase Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Sillimanite gneiss; probably migmatitic
Locality details Cliff due W of Hevda Hill
50k map sheet Unst (131)

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Map reference HP 582 103
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S27744

Cross Polarized, S27744

Plane Polarized, S27744

Plane Polarized, S27744