| P number: | P552972 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Ballachulish Limestone.Quarry, 300 yards north-north-west of Tom an Aoil, Spean Bridge. Inverness. |
| Description: | Composed of a mosaic of equidimensional grains of closely twinned calcite, 0.4 - 1.0 mm across, between which small idioblastic quartz grains, about 0.1 mm across, are scattered. The quartz grains occasionally appear within the calcite grains. Mineral dust and granules of pyrite, rutile and possibly graphite granules are peppered sparsely and uniformly through the rock. Limestone with some quartz, medium-grained, granoblastic. SL0229. Britrocks S35178. 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: | 307.93 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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