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Day 56 : A zoisite schist, Lias in Nufenen Pass. Keele collection.

Day 55 : A ‘spotted’ cordierite hornfels in the Skiddaw Granite aurole, Caldew River, Carrock Fell, Lake District, England. Keele collection.

Day 54 : Enstatite Peridotite from Finero, northern Italy. Keele collection.

Day 53 : A bit of a mystery rock this one. I found it, unlabelled, in a box of rocks due to be thrown in the skip but I think it is too nice to chuck out. Some nice reaction products here. Unknown locality. Keele collection, but not for much …

Day 52 : An andalucite-biotite hornfels in the aureole of the Ardara pluton, Donegal, Ireland. Andalucite porphyroblasts are more concentrated in clay (bottom) rather silt layers. Keele collection. 

Day 51 : Andalucite porphyroblasts growing preferentially in pelitic horizons. From the crags above Clooney, Donegal. Keele collection. 

Day 50 : A tremolite-talc marble from near Lackagh Bridge, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Keele collection.

Day 49 : Sillimanite Hornfels, part of a pelitic xeonlith in the Thorr Granodiorite, Co. Donegal, Ireland.  Keele Collection. Weathered surface above and cut section below.  

Day 48 : Forsterite marble from the Kilcrist Quarries, on the flanks of Beinn Shuardail, near Broadford, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Strath Suardal (fomerly Durness) Limestone. Keele collection.

Day 47 : A Dalradian calcsilicate marble from near Kyllachy House, Tomatin, Inverness, Highland, Scotland. Keele Collection.