| P number: | P552790 |
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| Caption: | Loch Tay Limestone. 1250 yards east by south of Dunie, 1 mile south-east of Kirkmichael. Perth. |
| Description: | Pale bluish-grey medium-grained limestone, discoloured along some bands by yellowish oxidized iron ore. Composed of interlocking grains of calcite (0.3-1.0 mm) among which a few quartz and albite grains (probably recrystallized) are distributed. Specks of black material are abundantly disseminated and are aggregated in scattered clots along with limonite and yellowish isotropic chloritic material. Flakes of muscovite and grams and prisms of apatite are accessory. Limestone, medium-grained, granoblastic. SL0138. Britrocks S34624. 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: | 224.89 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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