BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S28195
Sample Donor Read, H.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Garnetiferous Muscovite-Biotite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Garnet-tourmaline gneiss, Burra Firth Group (?migmatite with oligoclase porphyroblasts)
Locality details Mouth of Winnaswarta Dale, Burra Firth
50k map sheet Unst (131)

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Map reference HP 615 157
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S28195

Cross Polarized, S28195

Plane Polarized, S28195

Plane Polarized, S28195