Garnet-bearing quartzite

Title

Garnet-bearing quartzite

Identifier

NS-7

Description

Macroscopic: Grey garnet, biotite and chlorite bearing quartzite. Likely protolith is a low-Al quartz-rich sandstone bed. Microscopic: Abundant quartz crystals accompanied by chlorite and 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