| P number: | P521264 |
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| Caption: | Rock specimen of marble. One mile south by west of Kerrysdale House, four miles south-west of Gairloch, Rosshire, Scotland. |
| Description: | The sample is a pinkish or flesh-coloured rock comprising large intergrown crystals of calcite. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number EMC132. A marble is a limestone which has undergone metamorphism. This typically results in recrystallization of the original carbonate minerals, forming new metamorphic minerals which sometimes have bright attractive colours. Marbles have been used as a decorative stone by man since early times. Marble is commonly cut and polished to produce decorative building features such as fire surrounds, mantelpieces, table-tops and floor tiles. Part of the Loch Maree Group of Lewisian rocks (Precambrian) belonging to the Southern Laxfordian Belt. While mostly hornblende schists, there are a range of other metasedimentary rocks including marbles which are calc-silicate rocks which are associated with limestones and dolomites that have been metamorphosed. |
| Date taken: | 01/12/2002 |
| Photographer: | McTaggart, F.I. |
| Associate: | T.S. Bain |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | EMC132 |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 219.46 KB; 1000 x 775 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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