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Phyllite Thin Section

CldChlPhyllite_ts_001. Chloritoid-chlorite-muscovite phyllite. Pinny Hollow Fm., Pinny Hollow, Rt. 100A, Plymouth, VT. Smith College sample (46-8B).



Phyllite Thin Section

CldChlPhyllite_ts_002. Chloritoid-chlorite-muscovite phyllite, Isle of Arran, Scotland. The rock contains large, rectangular porphyroclasts of chloritoid with fine grained quartz, muscovite and chlorite. Image from the UK Virtual Microscope.