Ballachulish

Case study: Assemblages and microstructures of progressive contact metamorphism in metapelites around the Ballachulish Granite, a high-temperature aureole in western Scotland.
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Map of the Ballachulish granite and aureole
Map extract
Outcrop of andalusite-cordierite hornfels
Net-veined hornfels
"Chaotic Zone", innermost aureole
Granite - hornfels contact
Granite vein in hornfels
DWS225 spotted schist
DWS229 cordierite-spotted hornfels
DWS229 cordierite-spotted hornfels