| P number: | P553125 |
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| Caption: | Limestone most southerly quarry immediately east of the road, 200 yards south of the school, 3 miles north-west of Kirkton of Glenbucket. Aberdeen. |
| Description: | Dove-grey crystalline limestone composed of interlocked, recrystallized calcite crystals up to 1.0mm across and showing complex lamellar twinning. Granulitization occurs along ill-defined narrow bands. Small rounded quartz grains and white mica flakes are scattered through the rock. Pyrite and opaque black dust are accessory. Limestone with quartz and phlogopite, medium-grained, grain-foliated, in part granoschistose. GS0003. Britrocks S37487. 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: | 385.01 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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