P number: | P552605 |
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Caption: | Limestone, Portsoy Group. Limehillock Quarry, 1.25 miles north-east of Grange Station. Banff. |
Description: | Dove-grey crystalline limestone, composed of equidimensional, 0.5 to 1 mm, grains of calcite, which are closely twinned. Quartz and muscovite are minor minerals, and pyrite and black granules accessory. Limestone with quartz and muscovite, heteroblastic. SL0067. Britrocks S34507. Magnification x40. Light XPL. |
Date taken: | 21/01/2004 |
Photographer: | Sutherland, A. |
Copyright statement: | NERC |
Additional information: | Description from: Limestones of Scotland: chemical analyses and petrography. Edinburgh : HMSO, 1956. |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 381.77 KB; 1000 x 750 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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