| P number: | P552975 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Ballachulish Limestone. South bank of River Spean, 350 yards above railway bridge, Spean Bridge. Inverness. |
| Description: | Composed of granular calcite of average grain 0.7 mm, which is greatly twinned. Small quartz and feldspar grains, up to 0.1 mm across and of irregular but occasionally idioblastic form, are scattered in small quantity between and within the calcite grains. Tiny opaque granules including pyrite are dusted irregularly through the calcite mosaic. Limestone with some quartz, medium-grained, granoblastic. SL0230. Britrocks S35179. 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: | 392.46 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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