| P number: | P521247 |
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| Caption: | Rock specimen of garnet pegmatite. Loch Garve, Garve, Rosshire, Scotland. |
| Description: | The photograph is a detail of the surface of a garnet pegmatite sample, characterized by ruby-red spherical garnets of varying sizes, within a matrix of pale quartz and white mica. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number EMC589. Garnets of this colour are generally rich in iron and manganese, termed 'almandine' garnets. The pegmatites in the Garve area have been dated using radiometric dating techniques, which indicate they are Precambrian in age. |
| Date taken: | Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT 2002 |
| Photographer: | McTaggart, F.I. |
| Associate: | T.S. Bain |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | EMC589 |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 325.37 KB; 1000 x 775 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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