| P number: | P552852 |
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| Caption: | Flange limestone. Stream 4 mile east-south-east of Halkirk station. Caithness. |
| Description: | Black limestone flag with thin lamination in shades of grey. In thin section alternating bands are seen to consist of: (1) coarser bands containing rhombs of dolomite up to 0 - 1 mm across, angular quartz grains, usually in subordinate proportion but sometimes abundant, plagioclase and scarce muscovite flakes, in a matrix of shapeless calcite obscured by disseminated bitumen or bituminous clay; (2) thin bands and lenticles of finely granular carbonate containing rhombs of dolomite, but little quartz or bituminous matter; (3) films of reddish-brown almost opaque bituminous clay. In places these films almost coalesce to form thin bands of gritty, calcareous bituminous shale. Limestone, dolomitic, luteous, bituminous, varigrained, laminar. SL0163. Britrocks S34850. 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: | 459.51 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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