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<p>User created page with UploadWizard</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=={{int:filedesc}}==<br /> {{Information<br /> |description={{|1=Specimen of roofing slate quarried from Auchengavin, Luss, Strathclyde, Scotland. Grey slate with reflective cleavage surface showing prominent bedding laminations or&#039;ribboning&#039;. The specimen is of Precambrian, Dalradian age. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number EMC 5771. The specimen is cut and dressed in the typical Scots style termed&#039;squared and shouldered&#039;. It is labelled as&#039;undersized&#039;, which is the Scots term for an intermediate sized slate. Auchengavin Quarry (also known as the Luss Quarry) was mentioned in the 1793 Statistical Accounts, with a workforce of&#039;10 hands&#039;producing 100,000 to 170,000 slates per year, paid at a rate of 15 shillings per 1,000 slates. Specimen size: 25x17cm. P519596.}}<br /> |date=2017-07-29 15:51:37<br /> |source=British Geological Survey<br /> |author=British Geological Survey<br /> |permission=<br /> |other versions=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> =={{int:license-header}}==<br /> {{subst:Custom license marker added by UW}}<br /> {{BGS}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Uploaded with UploadWizard]]</div>

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