P number: | P552909 |
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Caption: | Whiteness Limestone. West of Whiteness Quarry, west side of Loch of Strom. Shetland Isles. |
Description: | Composed of interlocking grains of calcite, 0.2 to fully 1 mm across, with subordinate quartz which tends to occur in more or less parallel, widely spaced streaks ' and clots of grains individually 0.2-0.5 mm across. A little pyrite, rutile and opaque mineral dust are present and muscovite is in places an abundant accessory. Limestone with quartz, medium-grained, granoblastic. SL0188. Britrocks S34952. 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: | 337.92 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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