Title
Muscovite schist
Identifier
DUCO-12
Description
Extremely coarse-grained muscovite schist. Large garnets visible in hand sample. Sillimanite is not recognizable in hand sample, however.
The thin section shows muscovite (with minor sillimanite) in a large band, biotite, staurolite, and quartz.
This rock is from the sillimanite zone of the Barrovian metamorphic sequence (highest metamorphism).
The thin section shows muscovite (with minor sillimanite) in a large band, biotite, staurolite, and quartz.
This rock is from the sillimanite zone of the Barrovian metamorphic sequence (highest metamorphism).
Contributor
Western Minerals
Is Part Of
<a href="http://geosciencecollections.milne-library.org/collections/show/18">Barrovian Metamorphic Sequence--Dutchess County, New York</a>
Spatial Coverage
Dutchess Co., NY
Accrual Method
Purchased from Western Minerals Inc.
Unit
Barrovian Metamorphic Sequence
Number of Thin Sections
1