| P number: | P527855 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from the Chapel Limestone Mine, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire. |
| Description: | A specimen of the Carboniferous, Lower Limestone Group, Charlestown Main Limestone, sampled from 6-9 feet above the base of quarry face. BGS Sample SL 213. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7631. The limestone is a dull grey limestone with numerous white spots and scarcer pale green spots, and with a band in which a greenish mineral is more abundant than calcite and is streaked out parallel to the band. The limestone is composed of granular calcite, 0.02 mm-0.6 mm grain-size, together with numerous large grains representing crinoid ossicles. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 161.87 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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