P number: | P576135 |
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Caption: | Marble specimen. Connemara. Ballynachinch Quarries, Co. Galway, Ireland. |
Description: | Label name: Connemara. Specimen description: Cloudy light green-white. Text from: Watson, J. British and foreign marbles and other ornamental stones. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. 85 CONNEMARA. Ballynachinch Quarries, Co. Galway. This specimen is also largely made up of Noble Serpentine, but it contains much calcite in addition, and is therefore capable of being carved without fear of fracture, which renders it suitable for decorative purposes. |
Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2004 |
Photographer: | McIntyre, B.M. |
Copyright statement: | NERC |
Additional information: | The marble is from the Walter Brown Collection, Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club. |
Orientation: | Square |
Size: | 235.12 KB; 1000 x 1000 pixels; 85 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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