| P number: | P527826 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from the Allt na Samhnachain Quarry (Loch Aline Quarry), Argyllshire. |
| Description: | A specimen of pale grey limestone with fossil fragments from Allt na Samhnachain Quarry (Loch Aline Quarry), on the east side of Loch Aline, Argyllshire. The limestone is Lias, Jurassic in age and was worked for lime. BGS Sample SL 89. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7602. There are three types of limestone exposed in the quarry, a lower 8 feet of massive limestone with shale partings and a few Gryphaea, 10 feet of nodular limestone with many shale partings (forming 40 per cent of the whole) and abundant Gryphaea and at the top, 5 feet of massive limestone with shale partings and some Gryphaea shells. The chief occurrences of Jurassic limestones in Argyll are in the Lower Lias of Loch Aline and Ardnamurchan. In Ardnamurchan there are disused quarries at Mingary Castle, Kilchoan and Swordle. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 231.02 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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