| P number: | P552638 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Gilmerton Limestone, top (quarried). Ferniehill Quarry, Gilmerton. Mid Lothian. |
| Description: | A dull grey, compact, fine-grained limestone composed of finely granular calcite, average grain-size about 0.02 - 0.04 mm, with recrystallized patches. There are a few bilabial sections of organisms and many tiny fragments of shell. Angular grains of quartz, granules of iron ore, and interstitial coatings of limonitic clay are present. Limestone, luteous, micrograined, microclastizoichnic. SL0019. Britrocks S34527. 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: | 426.08 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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