| P number: | P527840 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Old Quarry, Ardlethen, Aberdeenshire. |
| Description: | Limestone from Old Quarry, half a mile north of Ardlethen, Aberdeenshire. A pale grey, fine-grained limestone with some thin calcite veins. BGS Sample SL 146. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7616. It is composed of a matrix of granular calcite (0.2-0.4 mm grain-size) containing a large number of phlogopite flakes and grains of diopside. The limestone is Dalradian Supergroup (Precambrian) in age. Aberdeenshire is poor in limestones of economic value. The limestones are all metamorphic rocks belonging to the Dalradian. The best known is the Deeside Limestone. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 225.92 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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