51–75
No.51
102032 (D.45)
Amphibolite
Aboyne, Deeside
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.52
142522 (B.1)
Ep-Ab metadolerite
Crinan, Argyll
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.53
146065 (Dem.34)
Grt schist (Ky pseudomorphs And)
Wade's Bridge, Glen Clunie
Ky zone
xpl 2 mm
Ky pseudomorphing And (the quadrants are preserved)
xpl 2 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
Simple twin N of centre (Ab ?)
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
Simple twin N of centre (Ab ?)
xpl 1 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.54
83014 (Dem.43)
Gneiss
Ben Reid, Glen Clova
Sil zone
ppl 2 mm
Crenulation
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 1 mm
Hexagonal accessory
ppl 2 mm
Chl
xpl 2 mm
ppl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
Intense pleochroic halo in Bt
(Also some weird bright pink/blue to the bottom right of the inclusion)
xpl 1 mm
ppl 2 mm
St
xpl 2 mm
ppl 0.3 mm
Hexagonal St?
xpl 0.3 mm
xpl 0.3 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 1 mm
Altered Pl; also red oxide.
xpl 1 mm
Lamellar twins
ppl 1 mm
Ky
xpl 1 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.55
147503 (D.38)
Ky St in schist
Glen Clova
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.56
109653 (D.38 A3)
Glen Clova
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
Grt and St
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.57
121812 (GSB.38, A-2)
Grt zone schist
Grandtully
Grt zone
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
In Grt's pressure shadow
ppl 2 mm
Ttn ?
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Cal (?) between two corroding Grt grains
ppl 2 mm
Tur
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.58
103542 (MP.D38, A-1)
Low-grade schist
Just N of HBF at Stonehaven
Bt zone
ppl 2 mm
Cal
xpl 2 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
Blue-white/pink pleochroism (Tur)
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
No.59
Super 59
Layne Bridge, Assynt, Sutherland
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.60
Super 81
Overscaig Inn, Sutherland
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.61
Super 84
Kilchrist, Skye
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.62
Super 85
Ballachulish, Skye
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.63
SS M5
Chiastolite slate
Glen Fiddich, Banffshire
And zone (Buchan)
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Chl retrogression
ppl 1 mm
Grt & retrograde Chl
xpl 1 mm
ppl 8 mm
Preserved quadrants of Chiastolite
xpl 8 mm
Pseudomorphs after And
xpl 8 mm
No.64
SS M9
Ab-Ep schist
Loch Riddon, Argyllshire
Chl zone
ppl 8 mm
Crenulation
xpl 8 mm
Ab
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Ab (simple twin)
xpl 2 mm
No.65
SS M11
Cld phyllite
Stonehaven, Kincardine
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
Lamellar twins in Cld
xpl 2 mm
No.66
SS M12
Spotted Crd hornfels
Red Hill Insch Aberdeen
ppl 8 mm
Yellow halos
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.67
SS M15
Garnetiferous-Bt hornfels
Red Hill Insch, Aberdeen
ppl 2 mm
Pleochroism (~yellow)
ppl 2 mm
Pleochroism (~blue)
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Sensitive tint plate
(Length slow)
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Pleochroism
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.68
SS M16
Crd hornfels
Belhelvie, Aberdeen
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.69
SS M17
Crd-Crn-Sil-Spl hornfels
Belhelvie, Aberdeen
Sil zone
ppl 2 mm
Crn (darker & more equant; three grains around the Sil) and Sil (lighter & prismatic; south of centre)
xpl 2 mm
Birefringence: Sil > Crn
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
Sil in centre; Crd below
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
Pleochroic rim around Sil
xpl 2 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 0.3 mm
Crd (?) polysynthetic twins
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
Sericitisation ?
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Ab left of centre
ppl 1 mm
An agglomeration of square-ish prismatic Sil (?) grains
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
Chl & Sil amorphous patches (?)
No.70
SS N1
Chl-Grt schist
Killiecrankie, Perthshire
Grt zone
ppl 1 mm
Bt → Chl
xpl 1 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.71
SS N7
St-Ky-Mca schist
Kinnairdy, Banffshire
Ky zone
ppl 8 mm
Very inclusion-rich St
xpl 8 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Bt → Chl
ppl 8 mm
Suspicious square hole
xpl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
St next to hole
ppl 2 mm
Ky next to hole
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Three lined-up grains (Ky, Ms, and Qz) with straight grain boundaries
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
Ep in centre (?)
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 2 mm
Ky
xpl 2 mm
Simple twins
ppl 2 mm
Chl
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
A cluster of fine Ky (?)
xpl 2 mm
No.72
SS N8
Ky-Mca schist / gneiss
Glen Urquhart
Ky zone
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
~Peculiar extinction ?
ppl 2 mm
xpl 8 mm
Sensitive tint
xpl 8 mm
Sensitive tint
Appears to be one grain (?)
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.73
SS O14 (R230)
Calc-silicate-granulite
Morar
Grt zone
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.74
SS O15
Calc-silicate granulite
Malaig, Inverness-shire
Grt zone
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 1 mm
Ep
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
With sensitive tint
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
Clinozoisite (Czo) (?)
xpl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
No.75
SS X8
Mylonitic moine
Glencoul, Assynt
ppl 8 mm
