P number: | P552753 |
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Caption: | Islay Limestone. Islay Estates Quarry, Bridgend, Islay. Argyll. |
Description: | Pale grey, compact crystalline limestone, cut by thin calcite veins. Composed of elongated grains of calcite 0.2 to 0.6 mm, with marked parallel orientation. Thin veins of coarser calcite cut across the schistosity. The vein calcite is intercrystallized with the rock calcite. A little opaque material, mainly pyrite, and some quartz are dusted through the rock. Limestone, fine-grained, granoschistose. SL0131. Britrocks S34579. 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: | 410.02 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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