Boudinaged dykeBoudinaged amphibolite (dark) layer within gneisses. Laxfordian complex, near Durness, Scotland. Notice how the gneiss has "flowed" into the spaces between the amphibolite boudins. The amphibolite was more competent (higher viscosity) than the gneisses at the time of deformation.

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