| P number: | P552774 |
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| Caption: | Index Limestone. Lochhead Quarry, 1.5 miles north of Dunfermline. Fife Region. |
| Description: | Brownish compact dolomite with cavities lined by dolomite rhombs. Composed of finely granular ankeritic dolomite, of grain 0.01 - 0.03 mm, and having the ordinary refractive index ranging about 1.70. Fragments of shells and crinoids are replaced by coarser dolomite. Angular quartz grains 0.1 mm in length are abundant, and shreds of muscovite, grains of pyrite and carbonaceous particles accessory. The section contains a thin convexo-concave lens of deep brown isotropic fossil phosphate. Ferriferous dolomite, arenaceous, pelitomorphic, xoophasmic. SL0118. Britrocks S34591. 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: | 446.15 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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