| P number: | P552788 |
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| Caption: | Loch Tay Limestone. Quarry, West Craig of Soilzarie, 3 miles east of Kirkmichael. Perth. |
| Description: | Pale bluish-grey, crystalline limestone. Composed of interlocking grains of twinned calcite (0.5-2.0 mm) with a small quantity of iron-stained chloritic material, and grains of quartz and albite scattered sparsely through the rock. Black granules, possibly of iron ore, are disseminated uniformly, but in small quantity. Limestone, medium to coarse-grained, granoblastic. SL0137. Britrocks S34623. 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: | 262.06 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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