| P number: | P552624 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Limestone, Sandend Group. Quarry, Rinaitin, Glen Rinnes. Banff. |
| Description: | Banded pale and dark grey, crystalline limestone with micaceous films. Composed of elongated grains of calcite, up to 3 mm in length, showing a close, curved twinning and traversed by fracture veins in which both calcite and dolomite are present. Quartz is accessory as small grains enclosed in calcite. In the darker bands the calcite grains are enveloped by black graphitic and pyritous dust. Micas, partly chloritized, are present but scarce. Limestone, dolomitic, with some quartz, granoschistose, sheared. SL0075. Britrocks S34515. 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: | 339.20 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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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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