GRD01XKS0

M-47

Schist

Precambrian › Proterozoic
542.0 - 2500.0

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 14 › Drawer D

coarse-grained

Small sample of amphibole-purple tremolite (?) schist. Poorly foliated and generally coarse-grained. Original description: fuchsite-bearing quartz-mica schist.

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Utah
Salt Lake City

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Bands of hexagonal crystals

2.5

plane

Bands of hexagonal brown crystals (amphibole?)

2.5

crossed

Amphibole (?) crystal with symmetry

40.0

plane

Amphibole

5.0

plane

Amphibole

5.0

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD01XKT0: 95% pink/purple tremolite. Very birefringent. Bands of brown hexagonal crystals in fibrous matrix. Minor amount of brown mica (biotite?). (C. Eichler)

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