| P number: | P552432 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Vicars Bridge (Castlecary) Limestone. River Devon, 1.75 miles east of Dollar. Fife Region. |
| Description: | An even grained dolomite, pale brown in tint but with dark laminae. Composed of interlocking rhomboid grains of dolomite, 0.1 - 0.3 mm across, with some larger, irregular grains. The dolomite is turbid with minute mineral inclusions; shreds of limonite are common and very small grains of quartz are scarce. The dolomite is a ferriferous variety having the ordinary refractive index omega = 1.695. Ferriferous dolomite, medium-grained, zoophasmic, mosaic. SL0007. Britrocks S34441c. Magnification x40. Light XPL. |
| 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. 50% KOH 1 hour : Gentle Heat with H2O2. |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 410.44 KB; 1000 x 750 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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