| P number: | P553120 |
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| Caption: | Shell sand. Just above highwater mark, 0.25 mile east of John o' Groats Hotel. Caithness. |
| Description: | Composed of shell fragments, from 1 to 5 mm across, with a small amount of rock grains. The slide is of the residue after dissolving out the carbonate. The material remaining is mainly argillaceous, feldspathic and micaceous sandstone and gritty mudstone, with subordinate quartz and a little quartzite and microcline, and scarce igneous and metamorphic rocks. SL0164. Britrocks S35990. 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: | 313.57 KB; 1000 x 750 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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