| P number: | P527852 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Newbigging Mine, Nine Lums, Burntisland, Fifeshire. |
| Description: | A dull fawn-grey limestone, containing scattered smooth-surfaced black bodies which include limestone belonging to the Burdiehouse Limestone, 'Bottom Bed', Oil Shale Group of the Carboniferous. It is from the Newbigging Mine, Nine Lums, one mile west of Burntisland. BGS Sample SL 217. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7628. A typical section of the Burdiehouse Limestone is as follows from bottom upwards: 6 feet of ganister pavement, Limestone Bottoming (not worked) 2 to 4 feet; Limestone, Flooring, one to one and a half feet; Limestone, Bottom Bed, five feet; Limestone, Middle Bed, four feet; Limestone, Top Bed, four and a half feet. The roof is composed of fakes and shales with limy ribs. The limestone was mined by Carron Company for use in iron smelting. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 211.95 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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