P number: | P519661 |
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Caption: | Specimen of slate from streamlet 0.25 miles west of Duror Inn, Cuil Bay, Appin, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Description: | Typical dark 'West Highland slate' with reflective cleavage surface containing a strong 'grain'. The specimen is of Precambrian, Dalradian age. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number EMC 4828. In geological terms the grain is a lineation caused by the intersection of a secondary, usually minor, cleavage on the main cleavage surface. This sample is from the Cuil Bay Slate Formation, a narrow band of slate-rock that extends along the coast of Appin from Cuil Bay to the Island of Lismore. Geologically it is a distinct unit which is stratigraphically younger than the Ballachulish Slates. Specimen size: 11x9cm. |
Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2003 |
Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
Copyright statement: | NERC |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 158.69 KB; 1000 x 726 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 192 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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