GRD01XHS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

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GRD01W3S0 GRD01XIS0

IGSN:

GRD01XHS0

Sample ID:

M-35

Sample Type:

Ga-bearing Schist

Sample Age:

Unknown
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Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 14 › Drawer G

Modifiers:

coarse-grained

Notes:

Medium-sized sample of tremolite-plagioclase-muscovite-garnet schist. Well-foliated. See also M-36.

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Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Chlorite (brown), tremolite (second order pink), and plagioclase (simple twinning)

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

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Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Thin Sections:

GRD01XHT0: Tremolite, plagioclase, muscovite, chlorite, fibrolite? All crystals are anhedral. Not the prettiest thin section. (C. Eichler)

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