| P number: | P527816 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Craignavie, Killin, Perthshire. |
| Description: | A silvery-grey limestone from Craignavie, Killin, Perthshire. Stratigraphically, it belongs to the Loch Tay Limestone of Dalradian Supergroup (Precambrian) age. BGS Sample SL 2. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7592. The Loch Tay Limestone is of only moderate purity and there is always an appreciable amount of silica present. Calc-silicate minerals sometimes occur. A number of localities near Killin were looked at in the 1940s and samples taken and analysed. As well as limestone from a small quarry at Craignavie, samples were taken from Dun Beag. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 146.93 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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