| P number: | P552981 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Limestone, 2 feet 6 in (Charlestown Green?). St. Monans Shore, east of harbour. Fife Region. |
| Description: | A grey limestone with rough texture. Composed of rather coarse shell, polyzoan and crinoidal debris in a matrix of finely divided calcite and small debris containing complete foraminifera, ostracods and spines and spotted with brownish probably bituminous matter. Many of the foraminifera and some shell fragments are deeply impregnated with opaque matter, which is pyritic in some cases. The powdered rock gives off heavy oil when heated in the closed tube, and in the thin section bituminous matter is abundantly distributed as short films and small clots. Limestone, bituminous, microfossiliferous, clastizoic. SL0235. Britrocks S35238. 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: | 404.38 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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