| P number: | P552516 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Castlecary Limestone. Thornsford Bridge, Hatton, 1.5 miles north of Lundin Links station. Fife Region. |
| Description: | A buff-grey dolomite with many cavities. Crinoid columnals and shell fragments are numerous in a matrix of dolomite of 0.2 mm grain. The columnals are in general preserved as single crystals of dolomite but marginally recrystallized with the matrix. The dolomite is slightly ferriferous with omega approx. 1.688. Bituminous matter is abundant along thin seams; pyrite also is present as strings along some bedding divisions and quartz is sporadic. Dolomite, bituminous, varigrained, zoichnic, taxichnic. SL0036. Britrocks S34457. 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: | 337.46 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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