| P number: | P527658 |
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| Caption: | Haematite from Auchenleck, Kirkudbrightshire. |
| Description: | A specimen of haematite from Auchenleck, Kirkudbrightshire. Haematite is the most important iron ore. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7438. It is iron oxide and belongs to the hexagonal system. It can occur in a number of forms from stubby black rhombohedral crystals though more commonly in massive, granular masses, compact or soft and earthy (red ochre). It is often oolitic, botryoidal or concretionary in appearance. This locality is mentioned in the Highland Society's transactions for 1843 and the New Statistical Account of Scotland vol. iv, 1845 where it states in the latter that from 50 to 70 tons of ore were obtained weekly from this mine and sent to Birmingham. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 276.09 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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