P number: | P527820 |
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Caption: | Limestone from Caviehall Old Mine, Culross, Fifeshire. |
Description: | A medium-grained, crystalline, mid-grey limestone with orange weathering from Caviehall Old Mine, Culross, Fifeshire. BGS Sample SL 120. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7596. This limestone is probably the Castlecary Limestone, the top member of the Carboniferous Upper Limestone Group (Carboniferous Limestone Series) that outcrops one and a half miles west of Culross. The pale crystalline beds are characteristic of the Castlecary. The Casltecary Limestone is also known as the Levenseat Limestone and is well developed in west Fife. |
Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
Photographer: | Unknown |
Copyright statement: | Unknown |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 348.21 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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