| P number: | P527867 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Limestone from Applecross, Ross and Cromarty. |
| Description: | A grey, compact oolitic limestone with a buff crust from an old quarry on the north side of Kishorn Road, 1,100 yards south-west of Applecross House. The limestone is from the base of the Lias, Jurassic. BGS Sample SL 253. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7643. The rocks dip north-west at 12 to 16 degrees corresponding to the average slope of the ground. The limestone is good quality and low in magnesia. The limestone is a grey, compact, oolitic rock with buff crust. The ooliths are 0.5 to l.5 mm. diameter and are embedded in a very fine-grained matrix of calcite-mudstone with a few thin-walled shells and scarce grains of quartz. Analysis of the rock from the quarry (S.L. 253) gave calcium carbonate 93.96 per cent, magnesium carbonate 2.99 per cent, insoluble residue 2.89 per cent. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 201.23 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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