| P number: | P552672 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Gilmerton (No. 1) Limestone, upper part. Whitfield Limeworks, 600 yards north-west of Deepsykehead, 1 mile south-east of Carlops. Peebles. |
| Description: | A dull dark grey, fine-grained limestone. Composed of small 0.02 mm, grains of calcite, chips of thin shell and small spines, quartz silt up to 0.05 mm grain, granules of iron ore, and streaks and blobs of hydrocarbon cemented by turbid, very fine-grained calcite. Heated in the closed tube the powdered rock emits a small amount of oil. Limestone, luteous, bituminous, micrograined, microclastizoic, bedded. SL0021. Britrocks S34542. 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: | 302.27 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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