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P number: P000054
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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