| P number: | P527870 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Marble from Cill Chriosd (Kilchrist) church, Skye, Invernessshire. |
| Description: | A white marble belonging to the Durness Limestone Group V, Balnakiel Group from Marble quarry 800 yards south 40 degrees east of Cill Chriosd (Kilchrist) church, Skye, Invernessshire. BGS Sample SL 248. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7646. A white translucent saccharoidal medium-grained dolomite marble composed of interlocking grains of dolomite which are equidimensional but only rarely rhomboid and are usually about 0.5 mm across. There are a very few grains of forsterite, serpentinized along cracks. An analysis gave the following figures (S.L. 248) CaO, 49.91 per cent, MgO, 39.74 per cent, carbon dioxide 37.43, insoluble residue 6.78 per cent. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 179.83 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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