| P number: | P519515 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Rock specimen of flagstone from Spittal Quarry, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. |
| Description: | Sample of paving flagstone presented to the Geological Survey in 1910. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC5696. Bedding surface showing naturally riven rough surface, with possible rain pits and syneresis cracks, and shiny mica. The sedimentary rocks of Caithness and Orkney belong to the Old Red Sandstone strata which were deposited during the Devonian period, some 400 million years ago. They form a near-continuous outcrop along the eastern side of the Northern Highlands of Scotland, from Loch Ness to the north coast of Caithness, the whole of Orkney and part of Shetland. Size of specimen: 15x15x5 cm. Munsell colour code and colour N3, dark grey. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2003 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | MC5696 |
| X longitude/easting: | 316800 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 956800 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 145.13 KB; 775 x 1000 pixels; 66 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 205 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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