| P number: | P531429 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Photomicrograph of Charlestown Main Limestone. Light: XPL. Magnification: x2.5. Chapel Limestone Quarry, about 2 miles north-west of Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. |
| Description: | The sample is a whitish fine-grained saccharoidal limestone. This specimen is Carboniferous Limestone Series in age. BGS sample number SL 232. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number S 35471. Photomicrograph details: Light: XPL, Magnification: x2.5. In thin section it shows numerous pseudomorphs, in granular calcite, or crinoidal columnals, the internal structure being retained and picked out by impregnations of opaque dust around the pores. Adjacent samples are impure and contain debris of chlorite, muscovite and garnet. The sample was collected from the lower half of the quarry face, a short distance above a two hundred foot quartz dolerite sill. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 347.85 KB; 1000 x 663 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 175 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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