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Caption: Dolomite. Between road and shore, just north of bridge, Ord. Skye (Inverness).
Description: Grey compact dolomite, composed of interlocking grains or ill-formed rhombs of dolomite, 0.1- 0.2 mm. across. The rock is traversed by very thin cracks which are filled with cherty silica, occasionally quartz, and lined with limonite or limonitic clay. Dolomite, medium-grained, mosaic, fractured. SL0252. Britrocks S35352. 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
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