Uploaded on:
2009-03-18 13:08:22.0
Type:
Digital Asset
File Size:
339.29 KB
Dimensions:
1000 x 750 pixels
116 views 4 downloads
P number: P553135
Caption: Dolomite. Quarry 150 yards east of Sango Bay, Durness. Sutherland.
Description: Black and pale grey mottled, crystalline dolomite of medium grain ('Leopard Stone'); composed of interlocking grains of dolomite, 0.3 to 0.5 mm across, in which the only impurity is the dark dust, shown by Pollard to be carbon, which is uniformly present in the dark areas and patchily distributed in the grains of the grey areas. Dolomite, medium-grained, mosaic. M02895. Britrocks S8129. 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: 339.29 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  

Reviews

There is currently no feedback