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Day 66 : A hornblende granite from the Bushveld complex. Keele collection.

Day 65 : A norite from the Bushveld Middle Main Zone, near Dwars River bridge, South Africa. Keele collection.

Day 64 : Anorthosite from the Bushveld main zone, Magnet Heights, South Africa. Keele collection.

Day 63 : Sulphides in carbonate, from Phalaborwa, South Africa. Keele collection.

Day 62 : Norite (labradorite and hypersthene with olivine) from the Bushveld Upper Zone. Immediately below the 8th seam, 1200′ above main magnetite seam, Magnet Heights, South Africa. Keele Collection.

Day 61 : Some rocks now from the Bushveld collection. Here is some chromite, precise locality unknown. Keele collection.

Day 60 : Today is February 29, putting the 366 in Rock366. So today I have my favourite sample and the only one currently displayed in my office.  It is a granite pegmatite with huge feldspar and biotite crystals. It was collected on a Keele field course to Norway in …

Day 59 : A pelitic coarse biotite schist with a ‘lit-par-lit’ injection of granitic neosome. From the Moine at Daviot, Invernessshire, Scotland. Keele collection.

Day 58 : The large porphyroblasts in this migmatite are referred to as ‘Dents de Cheval’ or horse’s teeth. Locality unknown. Keele collection.

Day 57 : Another mystery rock from the about to get skipped boxes. A garnet gneiss from an unknown locality. Not for much longer in the Keele collection.