| P number: | P552780 |
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| Caption: | Charlestown Main Limestone. Invertiel Quarry, 1 mile south-south-west of Kirkcaldy. Fife Region. |
| Description: | Pale grey compact dolomite with argillaceous films. The thin section shows a mass of fossil fragments, mainly large and small crinoidal remains, spines, shells and thick-walled cellular structures in a finely granular cement of carbonate and opaque clay. A few thick siliceous spines, with carbonate-filled canal, are present. Granules of pyrite and shreds of carbonaceous matter are abundant. Dolomite, argillaceous, clastizoic, bedded. SL0121. Britrocks S34594. 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: | 398.12 KB; 1000 x 750 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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