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No.76
No.76
SS X9
SS X9
Mylonite
Kinlochailsh, Sutherland
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.77
No.77
SS X11
SS X11
Qz-Mca schist
Loch Leven, Argyll
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.78-90
No.78-90
Virtual Microscope sections
Virtual Microscope sections
UKVM: Czo skarn; Sil-Ky schist (Sil zone); St schist
IUGL: M05; M09; M26
OUMR: S339 09; S339 10; S339 11; S339 12; S339 24; S339 25; S339 26
No.91
No.91
M.00440
M.00440
Bt schist
Sleat, Skye
Bt zone
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
Elongate hexagonal grain
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Bt → Chl (partial)
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Hole in the section?
No.92
No.92
M00437 (F.R33)
M00437 (F.R33)
Grt 2-Mca semi-pelite
Salen, Loch Sunart
Grt zone
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.93
No.93
M00499
M00499
Amphibolite
Tarbert, Lewisian
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.94
No.94
CD.50
CD.50
Chl-Ms phyllite
Glen Coe
Chl zone
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.95
No.95
CD.45
CD.45
And-Grt schist
Bogancloch
And zone (Buchan)
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
Retrogressed rim [?]
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
And
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
With sensitive tint (length fast)
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.96
No.96
CD.34
CD.34
2 Mca Grt schist
Roy Bridge, Inverness
Grt zone
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
Grt with an epidote rim [?]
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
With sensitive tint
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.97
No.97
B.10
B.10
Retrogressive Chl sericite schist
Glenesk
St zone?
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
White Mca pseudomorph
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
Suspicious Chl bundle
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
Chl retrogression
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
No.98
No.98
Z2.
Z2.
Ingletonian slate
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
No.99
No.99
Z2.62
Z2.62
Aberfoyle slate
Comrie
Chl zone
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
Conspicuous square (likely a clast in the protolith)
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
Asymmetric Chl "wings"
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
ppl 2 mm
Pleochroism (Tur)
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
xpl 2 mm
No.100
No.100
Z5.B11
Z5.B11
St schist
Glenesk
St zone
ppl 1 mm
ppl 1 mm
Pretty much the most advanced example of retrogression in this section
xpl 1 mm
xpl 1 mm
ppl 8 mm
ppl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
xpl 8 mm
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