| P number: | P527832 |
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| Caption: | Loch Tay limestone from near Ronachan House, West Loch Tarbert, Argyllshire. |
| Description: | A uniform, blue-grey, medium-grained, crystalline limestone belonging to the Dalradian Supergroup (Precambrian) Loch Tay Limestone. It is from Ronachen Quarry, 1300 yards east by south of Ronachan House, West Loch Tarbert, Argyllshire. BGS Sample SL 147. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7608. The limestone has accessory quartz, albite, muscovite, clinozoisite and pyrite. The thickness of the worked band is about 24 feet and 30 feet to the east is another band 18 feet thick. There are considerable reserves. The limestone was worked for ground limestone. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 311.58 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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