176–200
No.176
46327
Crd-Sil-Spl hornfels
Craigmuir Wood, Staddo [?] House, Aberdeenshire
Sil zone
ppl 0.5 mm
xpl 0.5 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.177
146620
Ky-Fsp schist
Coire na Leirg, Glen Clunie
Ky zone
ppl 2 mm
Inclusions in Grt
xpl 2 mm
Blue Zo
xpl 2 mm
(Zo's straight extinction)
No.178
146351
Grt-Hem-Tur schist
Hobseat, Cowie Water
St zone
ppl 5 mm
Rhomboidal Ox in centre
xpl 5 mm
ppl 1 mm
St (?)
xpl 1 mm
Two Tur grains in NE (one elongate, one cross-section)
No.179
146345
Ky-Gr schist, Pl: porphyroblasts
NO 135 845
No.180
146346
St-Grt schist, chiastolite: pseudomorphs
Sron Dubh (NW face), Glen Clunie
St zone
ppl 2 mm
Conspicuous square
xpl 2 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
St (?)
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 5 mm
Square in centre
xpl 5 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
White mica pseudomorph
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Low grey birefringence
xpl 2 mm
Straight extinction
No.181
146347
Grt-Ky schist, chiastolite: pseudomorphs
NO 148 865
No.182
146354
And-Sil hornfels
Strathgyle, Durris Forest
Sil zone
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
This grain was length fast (it's And)
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Fibrolite
No.183
146355
Grossularite-Zo rock
Crannoch (near), Allt Fearnach, Glen Fernait, Kincardineshire
No.184
93526
St-Grt schist
Ailnack Btaily [?], S of Tomintoul
St zone
ppl 5 mm
Euhedral, poikilitic St
xpl 5 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
~Chaotic crenulation throughout the section
No.185
79417
Phyllite-Gr
200 ft S of summit, Ben Vrackie
Pre-Chl zone
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
No.186
146361
Hbl-Bt-Ep amphibolite
Glen Prosen, Angus
Bt zone
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
No.187
146352
Grt-St-Bt schist
Lady's Leys, Fetteresso Forest
St zone
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 5 mm
Altered St
xpl 5 mm
Crenulation
ppl 2 mm
Crenulated Bt
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.188
146367
Crd-Bt schist
Creag a Bhuilg, Glen Muick, Aberdeenshire
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 1 mm
Altered Crd?
No.189
146366
And-Crd-Spl hornfels
Craig na Spaire, Glen Muick
Sil zone
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
And & prismatic Sil
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
Prismatic Sil
ppl 5 mm
Crd
xpl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
No.190
146364
Grt-Sil-Bt gneiss
Braichlic Burn, Aberdeenshire
Sil zone
ppl 2 mm
Altered Grt
xpl 2 mm
ppl 1 mm
High relief reaction rim [same grain as in the SW of the previous picture]
xpl 1 mm
ppl 0.5 mm
ppl 1 mm
Altered prismatic Sil
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
Accessories included in Pl
xpl 1 mm
The elongate orange grain was length slow
xpl 1 mm
Straight extinction
No.191
146365
Grt-Sil-Bt gneiss
Glen Muick, Aberdeenshire
Sil zone)
ppl 2 mm
Grt
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
Prismatic Sil
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Straight extinction
No.192
146368
Olig-Grt-Bt gneiss
Craig Vallich (NE), Glen Muick
Sil zone
ppl 2 mm
Altered Grt
xpl 2 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 2 mm
Bt → Chl
xpl 2 mm
Bt-Sil epitaxis
No.193
146363
Hbl gneiss
NO 375 927
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
No.194
146619
Ky-Mrg-Pl-Gr schist
NO 130 838
No.195
146621
Ky-Chl schist
Clunie Lodge, Glen Clunie, Aberdeenshire
Ky zone
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 2 mm
Gr
xpl 2 mm
Ky?
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Ky (simple twin)
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.196
146341
Ky schist, contact metamorphism, Fsp: porphyroblasts
Glen Callater, Aberdeenshire
Ky zone
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Symplectite ?
ppl 1 mm
Rim around Ky
xpl 1 mm
ppl 0.5 mm
xpl 0.5 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.197
146342
Ky-Bt schist (fine-grained)
NO 156 876
No.198
146343
Ky-Grt schist
NO 155 880
No.199
146339
Grt-Bt schist
Burn of Rockford, Aberdeenshire
Grt zone
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Crd ?
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.200
146340
Crd-Grt gneiss
Bridge of Buchaam, Glen Buchat
Sil zone
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 5 mm
xpl 5 mm
Shimmer aggregates
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Messy core
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 1 mm
Symplectites