| P number: | P552910 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Weisdale Limestone. Quarry on west side of road half a mile south of Flemington. Shetland Isles. |
| Description: | Composed of equidimensional grains of calcite, 0.5 mm across, with quartz occurring in interstitial aggregates of small grains, 0.1-0.2 mm across, and forming about 30 per cent by volume of the rock. Pyrite and muscovite are abundant. Zircon, rutile, tourmaline and apatite are accessory. Limestone with quartz, muscovite and pyrite, medium-grained, heteroblastic. SL0189. Britrocks S34953. 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: | 281.66 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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