Chemically Mapped Metamorphic Rocks

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Amphibolite (Opx-Pl-Hbl)
Sample Number: 024
Source: Smith College
Location: Tobacco Root Mountains, Southwest Montana, USA
Description: Orthopyroxene-Plagioclase-Hornblende Amphibolite. Sample JBB-97-8B.



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Amphibolite (Pl-Hbl)
Sample Number: 025
Source: Smith College
Location: Tobacco Root Mountains, Southwest Montana, USA
Description: Plagioclase-Hornblende Amphibolite. Sample JBB-97-48B.



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Amphibolite (Opx-Pl-Grt-Hbl)
Sample Number: 019
Source: Smith College
Location: Gore Mountain, New York, USA.
Description: Garnet amphibolite. Sample GM-407a.



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Blueschist (Grt-Cld-Gln-Ph)
Sample Number: 021
Source: Smith College
Location: Syros, Greece
Description: Glaucophane Schist. Sample JBB-00-35.



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Blueschist (Epi-Grt-Gln)
Sample Number: 017
Source: Erica DiFillipo Senior Thesis Smith College
Location: Kini, Syros, Greece.
Description: Blueschist Facies metagabbro. Type locality of glaucophane. Sample ELD-99-3F.



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Gneiss (Pl-Opx-Crd)
Sample Number: 022
Source: Smith College
Location: Tobacco Root Mountains, Southwest Montana, USA
Description: Plag-Opx-Crd Gneiss. Sample JBB-95-14.



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Lawsonite Schist
Sample Number: 032
Source: Keck Geology Consortium Summer Research Project
Location: Syros,Greece
Description: Rock 032 - Lawsonite Schist. Sample SYR-99-7D.



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Marble (Fo-Di)
Sample Number: 012
Source: John Brady - IUGS 1992 Field Trip, Sample AK92-23F.
Location: Adirondack Mountains, New York.
Description: Marble (Fo-Di).



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Marble (Grt-Di-Wo-Mtc)
Sample Number: AK92-23H
Source: IGCP Field Trip (1992) - John Brady Collection
Location: Cascade Slide, Adirondack Mountains, NY.
Description: Grt-Di-Wo-Mtc Marble.



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Metagabbro (Hbl-Ilm-Aug-Grt-Pl)
Sample Number: 043
Source: Kiglapait Layered Intrusion - S.A. Morse Collection - KI-4062
Location: NE Coast of Labrador, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Description: Ferro-syenite. Lower Upper Zone (UZ). Percent Solidified (PCS) = 99.975.



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Metagabbro (Ol-Hbl-Grt-Pl)
Sample Number: 018
Source: Smith College
Location: Gore Mountain, New York, USA.
Description: Olivine metagabbro with garnet coronas. Sample GM-207.



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Metagabbro (Gln-Omp-Grt)
Sample Number: 026
Source: Smith College
Location: Syros, Greece.
Description: Glaucophane-Omphacite-Garnet Metagabbro. Sample JBB-99-3A.



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Metarodingite (Omp-Grt-Amph)
Sample Number: 015
Source: IMA Field Trip (1994) - John Brady Collection, ALP-4A.
Location: Western Italian Alps
Description: Metarodingite (Omp-Grt-Amp).



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Peridotite (Opx-Ol-Bi)
Sample Number: 027
Source: Krantz Collection
Location: Germany.
Description: Biotite Peridotite. Sample K-37.



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Schist (Pl-Grt-Ph)
Sample Number: 031
Source: Keck Geology Consortium Vermont Project 1988, Neena Bashir sample, N-6F-2-88.
Location: Williams River, Rockingham, VT, United States.
Description: Chl-Pl-Gar Schist, Waits River Formation.



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Schist (Grt-Ky)
Sample Number: 037
Source: Lisa Jacob Thesis, Smith College
Location: Tobacco Root Mountains, SW Montana, USA.
Description: Schist. Sample LJ-86-2. Centimeter scale.



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Schist (Grt-Ky)
Sample Number: 038
Source: Lisa Jacob Thesis, Smith College
Location: Tobacco Root Mountains, SW Montana, USA.
Description: Schist. Sample LJ-22. Centimeter scale. The interference colors of many the quartz grains are first-order yellow, which means that thin section is quite thick.



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Schist (Grt-Sil)
Sample Number: 039
Source: Smith College
Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Description: Schist. Massachusetts Keck Geology Consortium summer research project (1998). Sample MAK98-2B. Centimeter scale.



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Schist (Grt-St)
Sample Number: 040
Source: Smith College
Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Description: Schist. Massachusetts Keck Geology Consortium summer research project (1998). Sample MAK98-6C2. Centimeter scale.



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Whiteschist (Ky-Grt-Ph)
Sample Number: 016
Source: IMA Field Trip (1994) - John Brady Collection, ALP-7D.
Location: Western Italian Alps
Description: Whiteschist (Ky-Gar-Phn)