| P number: | P552625 |
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| Caption: | Limestone, Sandend Group. Craig Chailceach (Craighaulkie) Quarry 1 mile west-north-west of Tomintoul. Banff. |
| Description: | Grey medium-grained crystalline limestone composed of interlocking grains of calcite, about 1.5 mm across, with abundant accessory quartz in small grains, 0.05 mm diameter. Muscovite, pyrite, black opaque granules and sphene are accessory. Limestone with quartz, medium-grained, heteroblastic. SL0076. Britrocks S34516. 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: | 275.77 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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