St-Grt-Bt Schist Thin Section Photos. Click on any photo for a larger image. Some of the larger images may be on other web sites and will open in a new window.

StGrtBtSchist Thin Section

StGrtBtSchist_ts_001. Staurolite-garnet-biotite schist from the Goshen Formation, Goshen, MA. Smith College sample (SCW-4).



StGrtBtSchist Thin Section

StGrtBtSchist_ts_002. Staurolite-garnet-biotite schist from the Goshen Formation, Goshen, MA. Smith College sample (SCW-8).



StGrtBtSchist Thin Section

StGrtBtSchist_ts_003. Staurolite-garnet-biotite schist from the central Massachusetts. Smith College sample (MAK98-6C2).



StGrtBtSchist Thin Section

StGrtBtSchist_ts_004. Staurolite-garnet-biotite schist, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. This rock contains porphyroblasts of pink garnet and yellow staurolite with many inclusions, along with muscovite, biotite, quartz and feldspar. The border scales are in mm. Image from the UK Virtual Microscope.