| P number: | P527869 |
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| Caption: | Dolomite from Seafield, Loch Kishorn, Ross and Cromarty. |
| Description: | A dove-grey, compact, structureless dolomite of Cambro-Ordovician age belonging to the Durness Limestone and from a cliff on the shore of Loch Kishorn 350 yards south-east of Seafield and about 120 yards from the road. BGS Sample SL 256. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7645. Composed of grains of dolomite of uniform size, 0.01-0.04 mm, among which small grains, 0.01 mm, of quartz are common and occasionally concentrated in short narrow streaks. The specimen is of limestone of Group II, Eilean Dubh, light grey, mottled with red. A face of bedded limestone about 25 feet high, reasonably accessible was reported in 1949. The dip is east at 45 degrees. An analysis gave the following figures (S.L. 256) calcium carbonate, 49.91 per cent, magnesium carbonate, 39.74 per cent, insoluble residue 8.39 per cent. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 188.52 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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