Title
Kyanite biotite garnet schist
Identifier
DUCO-11
Description
Schist with coarse biotite controlling foliation. Garnets visible in some hand samples. Kyanite blades without preferred orientation--at higher concentration within folds. Possibly from the Walloomsac schist.
The PPL thin section shows biotite, muscovite, kyanite, and staurolite.
This rock is from the kyanite zone of the Barrovian metamorphic sequence (high metamorphism).
The PPL thin section shows biotite, muscovite, kyanite, and staurolite.
This rock is from the kyanite zone of the Barrovian metamorphic sequence (high 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