P number: | P552760 |
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Caption: | Cornstone. Cothall Limestone Quarry, 2.25 miles south-west of Forres. Moray. |
Description: | Dull white and pale green limestone. Composed of finely granular calcite of patchily varying grain, recrystallized to coarser clear calcite along ill-defined channels. The granular calcite contains much brownish matter, possibly clayey, disseminated through it and locally sufficiently abundant to form a thin cement. Subangular quartz grains up to 0.5 mm across are scattered through the rock. Limestone, subarenaceous, fine-grained, granular. SL0105. Britrocks S34584. 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: | 333.80 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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