| P number: | P552710 |
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| Caption: | Hawthorn Limestone. Quarry at Glenmuir Limeworks, 0.5 mile north-east of High Glenmuir, 4 miles east of Cumnock. Ayr. |
| Description: | Reddish-grey compact limestone. Composed of small debris of shells, crinoid columnals, spines, foraminifera and polyzoan fragments set in a matrix of very fine-grained calcite which is considerably recrystallized to larger grain of 0.02 - 0.03 mm. In this matrix small angular grains of quartz, shreds of white and bleached micas and traces of kaolinite are accessory. Small groups, 0.2 mm across, of small crystals of siderite with oxidized borders are scattered throughout the rock. Limestone, luteous, sideritic, fine-grained, microfossiliferous, clastizoic. SL0093. Britrocks S34559. Magnification x40. Light PPL. |
| 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: | 294.38 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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