| P number: | P527827 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Corrie, Arran, Buteshire. |
| Description: | The specimen is a fine-grained limestone of variable colour, pale brown-purple-grey. It contains irregular bands. The limestone belongs to the Corrie (Hurlet) Limestone and is Carboniferous in age. BGS Sample SL 82. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7603. There is a line of disused quarries following the outcrop up the steep hillside above Corrie Harbour for a distance of about 400 yards before it is cut off by a fault. There are other occurrences of the Corrie Limestone on Arran located between Corrie and Brodick. Some have considerable deposits that would require to be mined. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 262.24 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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