| P number: | P552730 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Blue Tour (Calmy) Limestone. At railway bridge, Garpel Water, Muirkirk. Ayr. |
| Description: | Blue-grey, very compact limestone, very fine-grained, with calcite granules about 0.01 - 0.03 mm in size. The smaller granules have a general turbid appearance, while the larger grains are separated by interstitial brownish cement, probably calcareo-argillaceous in composition. Scarce shell and crinoid fragments are recognizable and some diffuse outlines of small fossils can be seen. Limestone, micrograined, microclastizoichnic. SL0113. Britrocks S34568. 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: | 409.08 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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