P number: | P552804 |
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Caption: | Limestone. Quarry 100 yards north of Cauldwellknowe Farm, near Kirtle Bridge station. Dumfries. |
Description: | Pale purplish-grey, compact, sparkling limestone, composed of fragmentary shells, foraminifera, polyzoan skeletons, crinoidal remains, spines and Calcisphaera, in a matrix of line-grained calcite which is largely recrystallized organic debris. Limestone, fine-grained, microfossiliferous, clastizoichnic. SL0144. Britrocks S34630. 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: | 278.91 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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