BH250-51
Title
BH250-51
Subject
Blue Schist
Description
Major Minerals: glaucophane, garnet, muscovite, orthopyroxene, omphacite (CPX)
Minor Minerals: sphene (titanite), chlorite, quartz, apatite, magnetite
Optics: euhedral garnets, chlorites cut to five optic axis figure
Texture: strong foliation, pre-kinamatic, syn-kinamatic and post-kinamatic garnets, inclusion in garnet
Alteration: garnet to chlorite
Minor Minerals: sphene (titanite), chlorite, quartz, apatite, magnetite
Optics: euhedral garnets, chlorites cut to five optic axis figure
Texture: strong foliation, pre-kinamatic, syn-kinamatic and post-kinamatic garnets, inclusion in garnet
Alteration: garnet to chlorite
Coverage
Location: Greece
Creator
Bereket Haileab
Source
From the rock collection of Bereket Haileab. Sample BH250-51. Housed at Carleton College in Minnesota.
Type
Thin section
Relation
Collection
Citation
Bereket Haileab, “BH250-51,” BH250 Mineralogy Teaching Collection, accessed April 25, 2026, https://bereket-haileab.geology.sites.carleton.edu/items/show/59.