| P number: | P553109 |
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| Caption: | Cornstone. 250 yards north of Toward Taynuill. Argyll. |
| Description: | A whitish compact dolomite, saccharoidal on fresh fracture, composed of equidimensional, sometimes rhomboidal, grains of dolomite, 0.05 to 0.4 mm, which is considerably turbidized by mineral dust. Calcite occurs locally in pockets of shapeless grams with undulose extinction, and yellowish aggregates of clay fill cavities up to 0.5 mm in length. Dolomite, calcareous, fine-grained, granular. SL0283. Britrocks S35912. 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: | 346.98 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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