| P number: | P527811 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Kilchrenan Quarry, Argyllshire. |
| Description: | A specimen of dark grey foliated limestone with calcite veins from Kilchrenan Quarry, located on the west side of the road to Taynuilt, Argyllshire. The rock is from the Tayvallich Limestone of Dalradian Supergroup (Precambrian) age. BGS Sample SL 123. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7587. The quarry is reported to have a dark grey to black, fine-grained limestone, with scattered quartz grains. Many veins of calcite occur. The limestone dips west 5 degrees north at 30 degrees and is 20 feet thick in the face. If it persists down to road-level, as appears likely, the total thickness would be at least 40 feet. The limestone showed on analysis: calcium carbonate 82.39 per cent, magnesium carbonate 0.88 per cent, insoluble residue 13.54 per cent. The Tayvallich Limestones were formerly quarried at numerous localities around the south end of Loch Awe and Kilmartin, for example, at Fincharn and Eurach north of Kilmartin, and at Tayness and Baluachraig south-west and south of Kilmartin. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 348.32 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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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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