| P number: | P576146 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Marble specimen. Pink clouded petitor. Petitor Quarries, Torquay, Derbyshire. |
| Description: | Label name: Pink clouded petitor. Alternative name: Red Petitor. Specimen description: Pink-red with distinct white/clear veins. Text from: Watson, J. British and foreign marbles and other ornamental stones. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. 28 RED PETITOR. Petitor Quarries, St Mary Church, Devonshire. This example represents the red variety of Petitor Devonshire Marble. The ground-mass is mottled, red and pink dominating. The fossils present in this variety, although numerous, are not so abundant as in the Grey Clouded Marble just described. |
| 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: | 171.27 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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