| P number: | P552593 |
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| Caption: | Blair Atholl Limestone. Upper Strathgroy Quarry, 1.5 miles east of Blair Atholl. Perth. |
| Description: | A dove-grey, medium-grained limestone composed of inter-locking grains of closely twinned calcite, about 1 mm grain-size, containing numerous small grains of quartz, 0.1 mm across, at the junctions of the calcite grains. Phlogopite, zoisite and sphene are accessory. Limestone with quartz and talc-silicates, medium-grained, granoblastic. SL0011. Britrocks S34497. 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. |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 354.84 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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