| P number: | P552419 |
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| Caption: | Loch Tay Limestone. East face, Dunbeag, Killin. Perth. |
| Description: | Grey crystalline limestone composed of grains of closely twinned calcite, 2 to 0.5 mm gram, subordinate quartz and alkali-feldspars in nests with which graphite is associated. Zoisite is present locally, yellowish mica and a serpentinous mineral are accessory. One large grain, 1 mm across, of alkali-feldspar occurs in the slice and there is some pyrite and a little limonite. Limestone with quartz, albite, muscovite and zoisite, medium-grained, heteroblastic. SL0003. Britrocks S34429. Magnification x40. Light PPL. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 GMT 2004 |
| Photographer: | Sutherland, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | Description from: Limestones of Scotland: chemical analyses and petrography. Edinburgh : HMSO, 1956. |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 263.65 KB; 1000 x 750 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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