P number: | P552629 |
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Caption: | Deeside Limestone. Mains of Midstrath Quarry, 4.5 miles east-south-east of Aboyne. Aberdeen. |
Description: | Crystalline limestone composed of calcite, average grain 1.5 mm, with a subordinate, but considerable, content of calcic scapolite, diopside, orthoclase, albite and accessory tremolite, sphene, apatite and partly oxidized pyrite. Limestone with scapolite, diopside and feldspars, coarse-grained, granoblastic. SL0078. Britrocks S34518. 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: | 254.12 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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