P number: | P552949 |
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Caption: | Limestone. N. bank of Liddell Water, 1 mile east of Harelaw Hole. Dumfries. |
Description: | A grey compact crinoidal limestone. Composed of finely granular (0.05 mm) clear calcite, calcareous organic debris and some turbid, probably slightly argillaceous, fine calcitic interstitial matter. In this are set numerous foraminifera, fragments of shells, small crinoid columnals and some ostracods and spines. Brown carbonaceous matter impregnates a few obscure fossil remains. Limestone, fine-grained, microfossiliferous, clastizoic, granular. SL0206. Britrocks S35071. 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: | 402.68 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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