| P number: | P000054 |
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| Old photograph number: | C02769 |
| Caption: | An t-Aird, Iona. Argyllshire. Quarry in marble of an Archaean (Precambrian) complex. The rock is an ophicalcite, a serpentine-rich green coloured marble famous for ornamental purposes. |
| Description: | An t-Aird, Iona. Argyllshire. Quarry in marble of an Archaean (Precambrian) complex. The rock is an ophicalcite, a serpentine-rich green coloured marble famous for ornamental purposes. The marble occurs in lens-shaped bodies of rock called lenticles in the Lewisian gneiss. The photograph shows a hand-winched crane made by D. Watson & Co., Govan. Note that some blocks are numbered. A marble is a metamorphosed limestone i.e. a limestone that has undergone recrystallization due to heat, pressure or both. Iona marble has been worked over many centuries. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1920 |
| Photographer: | Manson, W. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 126500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 721500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 301.22 KB; 1000 x 754 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 199 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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