Porphyroblastic staurolite-andalusite-garnet-biotite-plagioclase-cordierite schist

Title

Porphyroblastic staurolite-andalusite-garnet-biotite-plagioclase-cordierite schist

Identifier

NS-5

Description

Macroscopic: Porphyroblastic staurolite, andalusite, cordierite, garnet, biotite, chlorite, muscovite schist. Cross bedding or graded bedding may be apparent in some samples. Mineral zone: staurolite-andalusite. Microscopic: Large garnet phenocrysts within a very fine grained matrix containing biotite. Thin section pictures in XPL unless otherwise noted in the title of the picuture. Thin sections are 3mm across.

Date

N/A

Contributor

Western Minerals, Inc.

Spatial Coverage

Nova Scotia

Temporal Coverage

N/A

Unit

N/A

Number of Thin Sections

1