| P number: | P552767 |
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| Caption: | Cornstone. Vane Quarries, Benarty Hill. Fife Region. |
| Description: | Banded greenish and grey limestone. The section appears to show a greenish band only and it is composed of subrounded quartz grains, with a low proportion of alkali-feldspar grains, cemented by calcite. Many quartz grains show regrowth rims which interlock with the calcite cement. Zircon and rutile are accessory. Alkali-feldspar includes microcline, albite and perthite. Calcareous, feldspathic, sandstone. SL0104. Britrocks S34587. 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: | 285.44 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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