P number: | P552485 |
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Caption: | Petershill Limestone, near top. Quarry 1000 yards north 5 degrees east of north-east end of Petershill Reservoir, near Bathgate. West Lothian. |
Description: | Brownish-grey, compact limestone composed of calcareous debris including fragments of small shells and crinoids and numerous tests of foraminifera. A little bituminous matter is present. The matrix is of finely divided calcite in process of recrystallization. Limestone, micrograined, microfossiliferous, clastizoic. SL0052. Britrocks S34447(a). 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. *Needs an XPL to be taken of this slide*. |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 345.08 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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