| P number: | P552831 |
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| Caption: | Cornstone. Lannielane Limeworks, 5 miles west-south-west of Straiton; band in stream below the main worked limestone. Ayr. |
| Description: | Dense whitish limestone with calcite veins and aggregations divided into indistinct nodules. In section it is seen to be a finely granular limestone of even grain averaging 0.03 mm. Veins and less well-defined insertions of coarsely crystalline clear calcite ramify through the fine-grained component. A few quartz and feldspar grains up to 0.2 mm in length are present among the fine calcite. Limestone, fine-grained, crook-veined, breccioid. SL0155. Britrocks S34657. Magnification x40. Light XPL. |
| 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: | 390.16 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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