| P number: | P553076 |
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| Caption: | Charlestown Main Limestone, 1 feet 6 in - 8 feet from top. Fife Region. |
| Description: | A pale grey limestone with a coarse appearance due to the abundance of large crinoidal remains. Consists of large and small crinoid ossicles cemented by a matrix partly of very finely divided calcite, partly of clear granular carbonate, having the rhomboid shape of dolomite and with subordinate clay mineral. Small and extensive areas of silicification are numerous and black carbonaceous shreds are abundant in association with the clay. Limestone, dolomitic, silicified, crinoidal: encrinite. SL0278. Britrocks S35801. 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: | 469.87 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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