| P number: | P552673 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Bilston Burn (No. 3) Limestone. In stream, 800 yards east of Deepsykehead. Peebles. |
| Description: | A dull dark grey, brown-mottled dolomite. Composed of granular and semi-recrystallized dolomite, of grain 0.01 - 0.1 mm, in which thin-walled shell fragments are present. Angular quartz grains are abundant; muscovite, biotite, iron ore, brown phosphatic fossil fragments, shreds of carbonaceous matter and grains of pyrite are accessory. A few large crinoid fragments are still calcite and enclose small rhombs of dolomite. Dolomite, calcareous, arenaceous, fine-grained, clastizoic. SL0022. Britrocks S34543. 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: | 388.37 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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