| P number: | P552534 |
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| Caption: | Charlestown Main Limestone, basal part. Cults and Pitlessie Limeworks, 4 miles south-south-west of Cupar. Fife Region. |
| Description: | A dark grey, compact limestone composed of fragments of crinoids, shells and polyzoa and of foraminifera, in a fine granular calcite base. The polyzoa are often outlined in opaque matter sometimes recognizable as pyrites, and local concentrations of black, possibly carbonaceous, matter are numerous. Bitumen is present in small quantity as tiny wisps and clots. Limestone, varigrained, microfossiliferous, in part xoophasmic, clastizoichnit, bedded. SL0048. Britrocks S34463(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. 10 minutes in Logwood stain. |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 331.20 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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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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