NN4282 : Quartz band

near to Moy, Highland, Great Britain

Quartz band
Quartz band
One for the geologists as I like looking at rock formations but know little about them. I do know that the bright band is quartz and it's a fine example I think. The long straight lines are man made, old drill bit bores used to get the explosives deep into the rock.
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2005
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Sunday, 16 October, 2005   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 5 November, 2005
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Rock strata   (more nearby)
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OSGB36: geotagged! NN 422 827 [100m precision]
WGS84: 56:54.5207N 4:35.5909W
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