| P number: | P527874 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Newbigging Mine, Nine Lums, Burntisland, Fifeshire. |
| Description: | A dull fawn-grey limestone from the Burdiehouse Limestone 'Middle Bed' from the Newbigging Mine, Nine Lums, one mile west of Burntisland, Fifeshire. BGS Sample SL 218. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7650. The limestone forms part of an outcrop that extends for a distance of three-quarters of a mile in an east-west direction from Grange to Dalachy and is indicated by a line of old quarries. The Burdiehouse Limestone varies in thickness from 15 to 23 feet. The Middle Bed contains CaO 53.87 per cent, MgO 0.77 per cent, iron oxide 0.87 per cent. The limestone was mined by the Carron Company for use in iron smelting. The Burdiehouse Limestone is a high-grade stone that was used principally for fluxing. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 204.38 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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