P number: | P552620 |
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Caption: | Limestone, Sandend Group. Drummuir Quarry, 1.25 miles north-north-east of Drummuir Station. Banff. |
Description: | Pale grey crystalline limestone, with thin veins of calcite. It is composed of curvedly twinned calcite of grain 0.5 to 3 mm, which is recrystallized in small clear grains along narrow fracture zones. Quartz is accessory. Limestone, coarse-grained, granoblastic, strained. SL0073. Britrocks S34513. 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: | 306.07 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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