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IGSN Sample Type Notes Location Number Thin Sections Storage Location
GRD00FGS0 Metamorphic Structures Large sample. Coarse-grained marble with coarse-grained mafic inclusions surrounded by light tan reaction zone. Cc-Amph-Ol-Phlog-Biotite with rusty blebs in mafic inclusions. 0 Ritter 154, 14 I
GRD01W7S0 Crenulation Cleavage A medium-sized sample of chlorite-quartz-pyrite schist. Quartz stringers that contain cubes of pyrite. Beautiful crenulations. California 2 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01W9S0 Folds Very large sample of folded tremolite-talc (?)-carbonate schist. Well-foliated. New York 0 Ritter 154, 14 R
GRD01WAS0 Crenulation Cleavage Two small samples of specularite schist. Michigan 0 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01WZS0 Folds Large sample of folded chlorite-biotite-muscovite schist. Very well foliated, coarse-grained with nice crenulations. (Original label: M-146.) 0 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01WZS1 Folds Smaller sample of folded chlorite-biotite-muscovite schist. Very well foliated, coarse-grained with nice crenulations. (Original label: M-147.) 0 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD01X1S0 Folds Well-developed foliation. Quartz-biotite-phologopite(?) gneiss. Small ptygmatic folds. New Zealand 1 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01X4S0 Folds Small quartz folds in fine-grained blue matrix. Blue: magnesioreibeckite (?), glaucophane (?). Original description: folded gneiss; blue schist facies? 0 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01X4S1 Folds Small quartz folds in fine-grained blue matrix. Blue: magnesioreibeckite (?), glaucophane (?). Original description: folded gneiss; blue schist facies? 0 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01X5S0 Lineation Calcite-quartz-muscovite-pyrite. Contact between marble-schist. Nice lineations. Slight banding. 1 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01XPS0 Lineation Large sample of gneiss composed of plagioclase-biotite-quartz. Well-foliated with lineations. Fine- to medium-grained. Original description: hornblende gneiss or amphibolite; Jurassic-Cretaceous. California 1 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD01XYS0 Lineation Medium-sized sample of a geniss compsed of quartz-plagioclase-potassium-feldspar (?)-biotite. Medium-grained and well-foliated. Not the best example of a gneiss, but a good sample of lineations. N30E dip 30 plunge 31. 0 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD01Y0S0 Lineation A slab of gneiss composed of quartz-plagioclase-biotite. Well-foliated and medium- to coarse-grained. A nice example of a lineated gneiss. 1 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01Y1S0 Folds Medium-sized polished sample of gniess composed of biotite-quartz-garnet (minor). Ptygmatic folds of quartz. N30E 52 dip E20 plunge. 0 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01Y7S0 Veins Calcite/carbonate veins and pockets in green chlorite. Occasional quartz crystals. Original description: micaceous marble with calcium carbonate veins. California 0 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD01YES0 Folds Folded grey and white marble. Possibly relict folded bedding (?) from an impure limestone. Carbonate-biotite (black specks and layers). California 1 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01YHS0 Folds Fine-grained, finely banded marble with tight folds. Relict fossil (?) or porphyroblast. Darwin Area 0 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01YUS0 Relict Textures Well-foliated. Stretched quartzite pebbles (~3 in length). Chlorite-biotite-muscovite schist between pebbles. California 0 Ritter 154, 14 O
GRD01ZRS0 Crenulation Cleavage Anthophyllite (tremolite) schist. Well-foliated with crenulation cleavage. New York 0 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD020DS0 Lineation Original description: sheared Pre-Cambrian granite in shear zone of Adirondacks; N40E, 20, E-W 30 ? New York 1 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD020KS0 Crenulation Cleavage Quartz-plagioclase-muscovite-biotite gneiss with folds (crenulation cleavage) with slight lineations. Well-developed foliation and thin continuous bands. California 1 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD020YS0 Folds Quartz-mica-pyrite schist. Thin, well-formed, and bent banding. Cubic pyrite (rare). Very pronounced banding and hardness. Intense mylontization? Switzerland 0 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD020ZS0 Folds Carbonate-biotite-quartz-amphibole-muscovite schist with folded laminae and ptygmatic folds. Melanocratic layers: biotite, carbonate, quartz. Leucocratic layers: carbonate, biotite, trace muscovite. Medium-grained quartz veins cutting across and along laminae. Marl protolith? Original description: Q-Bi gneiss with ptygmatic folds. 1 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD021AS0 Relict Textures Large sample is well-banded (quartz and fine-grained slate) and dense. Cryptocrystalline materials with soft-sediment type structures. Highly recrystallized (?). 0 Ritter 154, 24 M
GRD029JS0 Veins Large white carbonate veins in dark green, fine-grained serpentinite(?) Mexico 0 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD029KS0 Relict Textures Stretch pebble conglomerate. Stretched white quartzite pebbles in a biotite-muscovite-quartz schist matrix. California 0 Ritter 154, 14 O
GRD029LS0 Folds Relict sandstone-limestone bedding that has been folded. The larger, grey beds are marble while the thinner beds are quartzite. One side of the sample is very weathered. Original label: folded intercalated sandstone-limestone. 0 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD029MS0 Relict Textures Deformed/flattened quartzite pebbles in a gneissic matrix. Quartz-potassium feldspar- biotite-muscovite (trace)- amphibole (trace). Biotite mantles the quartzite pebbles. Original label: porphyroblastic gneiss. Arizona 0 Ritter 154, 14 O
GRD029NS0 Relict Textures Large sample of angular polymictic clasts in a matrix composed of quartz-feldspars-pyrite (trace). 0 Ritter 154, 17 B
GRD029OS0 Relict Textures Large cut sample with relict bedding structures. Beds are wavy. Abundant quartzite. Dolomite is not evident. Original label: Diopside-dolomite marble. 0 Ritter 154, 14 O