| P number: | P552603 |
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| Caption: | Metamorphic Limestone. Quarry at Ladyleys, east of Old Meldrum. Aberdeen. |
| Description: | Dark grey banded rock, effervescing with HCl only in some bands. In thin section a banded granulite (hornfels) containing biotite, pyroxene, epidote, calcite, calcic plagioclase, oligoclase and albite, with subordinate muscovite, colourless hornblende and accessory pyrite and sphene, in varying proportions in different bands. Calcareous calcsilicate-biotite-feldspar-granulite, foliated. S 34506. Grey limestone of impure type, composed of calcite of varying grain, 0.05 to 1 mm, partly granulitized, with subordinate pyroxene, hornblende, epidote, accessory pyrite, sphene and biotite, scattered grains of plagioclase and small nests of quartz. Limestone with calcsilicates and quartz, grain-foliated, granoschistose. SL0066. Britrocks S34505. 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: | 394.25 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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