BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S29292; S29292/A;
Sample Donor Read, H.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Chloritoid-Staurolite Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Chloritoid-staurolite schist; Saxa Vord Group; Min Mag, 1933, p. 322, Vol. XXXIX, p. 395, Anal Mem 1956, p 49; Anal Lab No. 933
Locality details Summit of Saxa Vord
50k map sheet Unst (131)

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Map reference HP 632 166
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S29292

Cross Polarized, S29292

Plane Polarized, S29292

Plane Polarized, S29292


S29292/A

Cross Polarized, S29292/A

Plane Polarized, S29292/A

Plane Polarized, S29292/A