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IGSN Sample Type Notes Location Number Thin Sections Storage Location
GRD01X1S0 Folds Well-developed foliation. Quartz-biotite-phologopite(?) gneiss. Small ptygmatic folds. New Zealand 1 Ritter 154, 14 P
GRD01X2S0 Talc Schist Large sample of a folded talc schist with well-developed foliation. New York 1 Ritter 154, 14 I
GRD01X3S0 Schist Anthophyllite schist. Grey acicular crystals with cream, fibrous intergrowths. Large sample. California 1 Ritter 154, 14 I
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
GRD01X6S0 Augen Gneiss Medium-sized sample of gneiss composed of potassium feldspar-quartz-chlorite-muscovite. Well-foliated. Large white potassium feldspar augen. Alpine 1 Ritter 154, 14 B
GRD01X7S0 Blueschist Small sample of glaucophane (?)-quartz schist. Very weaky foliated to non-foliated. Fine- to medium-grained. Mexico 0 Ritter 154, 24 C
GRD01X8S0 St-bearing Schist Medium-sized sample of muscovite-quartz-garnet-staurolite-actinolite schist. Garnet crystals most prevalent in a single band. Billet. Original description: St-Ga-Ky gneiss. 0 Ritter 154, 14 D
GRD01X9S0 St-bearing Schist Small cut slab of muscovite-quartz-garnet-actinolite-staurolite schist. Original description: staurolite-garnet schist. 0 Ritter 154, 24 D
GRD01XAS0 Greenschist Five small samples of chlorite-quartz-pyrite schist. Green mica (chlorite?) with occasional stringers and cubes of pyrite and stringers of quartz. Altered? 0 Ritter 154, 14 D
GRD01XBS0 Ky-bearing Schist Kyanite-quartz-biotite schist. Large band of coarse-grained quartz-kyanite between biotite Nice kyanite. Billets. See also M-209 and M-34. 1 Ritter 154, 14 C
GRD01XCS0 Ky-bearing Schist Kyanite-quartz-biotite schist. Large band of coarse-grained quartz-kyanite capped by foliated biotite. Nice kyanite. See also M-43 and M-34. Alps 1 Ritter 154, 14 D
GRD01XDS0 Non-layered Gneiss Foliated with discontinuous banding. Green amphibole. A single very large augen/boudin compsed of pink quartz with flecks of amphibole and actinolite. Original description: metamorphosed conglomerate. Canada 1 Ritter 154, 14 B
GRD01XES0 Layered Gneiss Biotite/amphibole-quartz-plagioclase (minor)-pyrite (rare). Layer of amphibole/actinolite(?). Large augen/boudin compsed of clear quartz. Original description: metamorphosed conglomerate. Canada 1 Ritter 154, 14 B
GRD01XFS0 Phyllite Fine-grained blue/grey minerals (chlorotoid?) in cream-colored fine-grained phyllosilicate (muscovite?) matrix. Slight slaty cleavage and dull sheen. Original description: Chlorotoid schist. Camlia 0 Ritter 154, 14 E
GRD01XGS0 Greenschist Medium-sized sample of chlorite-quartz-biotite schist. Slightly banded: some bands of quartz. Other bands of fine-grained chlorite. Still other bands of chlorite with biotite porphyroblasts. Original description: Q-Bi schist/gneiss. 1 Ritter 154, 14 D
GRD01XHS0 Ga-bearing Schist Medium-sized sample of tremolite-plagioclase-muscovite-garnet schist. Well-foliated. See also M-36. 1 Ritter 154, 14 G
GRD01XIS0 Ga-bearing Schist Small sample of tremolite-quartz-muscovite-garnet schist. Well-foliated. See also M-35. Missing 1/2 thin sections 2 Ritter 154, 3 G
GRD01XJS0 Ga-bearing Schist Medium-sized sample of biotite-quartz-amphibole-garnet schist. Weakly-foliated. Porphyroblast-rich schist? 1 Ritter 154, 14 D
GRD01XKS0 Schist Small sample of amphibole-purple tremolite (?) schist. Poorly foliated and generally coarse-grained. Original description: fuchsite-bearing quartz-mica schist. Utah 1 Ritter 154, 14 D
GRD01XLS0 Augen Gneiss Large sample of gneiss composed of biotite-potassium feldspar-quartz. Potassium feldspar augen. Discontinuous banding. 1 Ritter 154, 24 A
GRD01XMS0 Amphibole Schist Small slab of amphibole-plagioclase-chlorite (trace) schist. Well-foliated with lineations. Portion of a cobble? Alpine 1 Ritter 154, 24 C
GRD01XNS0 Augen Gneiss Small slab of gneiss composed of quartz-muscovite-potassium feldspar; Foliated/banding. Potassium feldspar augen. Alpine 1 Ritter 154, 14 B
GRD01XOS0 Schist Small sample of garnet-quartz-potassium feldspar-biotite schist. Alpine 1 Ritter 154, 14 D
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
GRD01XQS0 Schist Medium-sized quartz-biotite-plagioclase-muscovite schist. Some banding and yellow sulfur mineralization. Original description: hornblende schist; Jurassic-Cretaceous. California 1 Ritter 154, 24 C
GRD01XRS0 Amphibole Schist Small sample of amphibole-quartz-muscovite-glaucophane(?) schist. Original description: glaucophane schist. Jurassic? Mexico 1 Ritter 154, 24 C
GRD01XSS0 Blueschist Blueschist composed of magnesioreibeckite(?)-Fe-oxides-quartz-Cu-mineralization. Small sample is friable. Some quartz banding in the larger sample. Franciscan? 1 Ritter 154, 24 C
GRD01XSS1 Blueschist Blueschist composed of magnesioreibeckite(?)-Fe-oxides-quartz-Cu-mineralization. Small sample is friable. Some quartz banding in the larger sample. Franciscan? 1 Ritter 154, 14 C