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Sample Type is Metamorphic

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IGSN Sample Type Notes Location Number Thin Sections Storage Location
GRD02NGS0 Non-layered Gneiss Sample of biotite-orthocase-quartz-oxides augen gniess. Augen composed of orthoclase and quartz. Original description: Augen gneiss. Probably cataclasite. California 0 Ritter 154, 24 B
GRD02NLS0 Blueschist Large sample of blue schist. Sample is fine-grained. California 0 Camp Elliott
GRD02NTS0 Non-layered Gneiss Medium sized sample of a mica-poor gneiss. Large garnet crystals. Foliated amphibole. California 0 Ritter 154, 24 B
GRD02NVS0 Blueschist Garnet bearing blueschist with stringers of green minerals. Original label: From a knocker. Garnet, pumpellyite, phueugite? California 4 Ritter 154, 3 G
GRD02NXS0 Lineation Calaveras fm. Small grey sample of streched pebble conglomerate. Original label: Pebble phyllite - stretched pebbles. Fall Field trip 1981 same site as Calif 644 California 0 Ritter 154, 24 H
GRD02NYS0 Phyllite Small grey sample of a dense phyllite. Stretched pebbles/minerals? Original label: Metasediment. Schist pendant. California 1 Ritter 154, 14 E
GRD02NZS0 Slate Small sample of dark slate. Foliated. Original label: Metasediment. Schist pendant. California 1 Ritter 154, 14 F
GRD02O0S0 Impure Marble Small sample of marble. Portions of marble are white, brown, and green. Original label: Marble. Schist pendant. California 0 Camp Elliott
GRD02O1S0 Schist Small sample of well foliated, mica-poor schist. Original label: Metavolcanic? Schist pendant. California 1 Ritter 154, 24 C
GRD02O2S0 Slate Very small sample of slate. Original label: Metasediment? Metagreywacke? Schist pendant. California 0 Camp Elliott
GRD02O3S0 Quartzite Two slabs slightly bedded quartzite. California 3 Ritter 154, 14 L
GRD02O4S0 Quartzite Two very different samples. One is a dark fine-grained marble. The other is a light fine-grained marble. Original description: Marble. Schist pendant. California 1 Camp Elliott
GRD02O5S0 Quartzite Fine-grained quartzite. Original description: Siliceous schist. Schist pendant. California 2 Camp Elliott
GRD02O7S0 Calcsilicate (Skarn) Banded hornfels. The lighter layers appear to be more siliceous. California 0 Camp Elliott
GRD02O8S0 Blueschist Blueschist with thin white carbonate veins cross-cutting the foliation. Some green mineralization on surface. Portion of a cobble. California 4 Ritter 154, 3 G
GRD02OAS0 Folds Two very large pieces of folded, bedded sample of marble and quartzite. The more granular beds are marble whereas the darker, more finely-grained beds are quartzite. Original description: Marble. California 2 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD02OBS0 Folds No hand sample. Thin section only. Original description: Blastomylonite - fault zone material showing effects of extreme cataclasis and recrystallization. Note the layering showing different extents of granulation. California 1 Ritter 154, 29 A
GRD02OIS0 Quartzite Very small sample of fine-grained gray and Fe-stained quartzite. California 3 Ritter 154, 14 L
GRD02OJS0 Quartzite Very small sample of fine-grained gray and Fe-stained quartzite. Faint laminations. California 3 Ritter 154, 14 L
GRD02OMS0 Serpentinite Small green sample of serpentinite with carbonate veins. Pillow margin. Franciscan. California 3 Ritter 154, 14 M
GRD02ONS0 Serpentinite Small green sample of serpentinite with carbonate veins. Pillow margin. Franciscan. California 3 Ritter 154, 14 M
GRD02OQS0 Non-layered Gneiss Foliated sample with large clasts of feldspar and hornblende. Mica-poor. Original label: Meta-tuff? Stage 1. California 3 Ritter 154, 14 A
GRD02ORS0 Schist Schist with large clasts of feldspar. Feldspar-quartz-biotite. Original label: Meta-tuff? Stage 2. California 3 Ritter 154, 14 D
GRD02OSS0 Quartzofeldspathic Small sample of fine-grained gneiss. Thin, poorly developed bands in gniess. Feldspar-quartz-biotite. Original label: Meta-tuff? Stage 3. California 3 Ritter 154, 24 A
GRD02OTS0 Calcsilicate (Skarn) Very small, very fine-grained sample. Original label: Meta-tuff? - Hornfels?. California 3 Camp Elliott
GRD02OUS0 Quartzofeldspathic Two small, dark, very fine-grained samples. Original label: Meta-tuff? - Hornfels?. California 3 Camp Elliott
GRD02OXS0 Non-layered Gneiss Large sample of augen gneiss. Large augen of potassium feldspar. Potassium feldspar-quartz-biotite. Original label: S-C gneiss. California 1 Ritter 154, 14 A
GRD02P0S0 Mylonite Very small sample and billets. Very fine-grained mylonite/gneiss. Original label: Mylonitic gneiss - from shear zone?. California 2 Ritter 154, 24 I
GRD02P1S0 Schist Very fine-grained schist cobble. Blue and green phyllosilicates. Five billets. Original label: Spotted schist. California 2 Ritter 154, 24 D
GRD02P2S0 Schist Fine-grained schist. Blue and green phyllosilicates with cordierite(?). Four billets. Original label: Mica schist. California 2 Ritter 154, 14 C