Resemblances between Moine and “Sub-Moine” Metamorphic Sediments in the Western Highlands of Scotland

Abstract

In this paper the writer deals with certain mineralogical and textural features found in the Moine and Sub-Moine Series of western Scotland, viz. garnet-zoisite calc-silicate ribs, non-garnetiferous epidotic calcsilicate ribs, sutured (crenulate) quartz-mosaic, foliation oblique to folded bedding, and the presence of abundant yellow epidote and of spots of haematite. The garnet-zoisite calc-silicate ribs have been claimed by Dr. Richey and Professor Kennedy as diagnostic of parts of the Moine Series. For the non-garnetiferous epidotic calc-silicate ribs, which have not previously been described, the name “calc-silicate ribs of Arnipol type” is suggested. These ribs occur in adjacent groups of rocks that have been mapped with the Lower Striped Schists and the Lower Psammitic Group of the Moine and with the outermost psammitic zone of the Sub-Moine.