Friable Rock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Friable Rock by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Friable Rock
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 25 Feb 2009
One of the challenges in Cairdshill Quarry is coping with sections of the rock which are extremely friable and simply crumble into flakes and dust which clogs the machinery. The shattered fragment in the middle is an example of this, lying amongst pieces of the solid sandstone.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.519077
Longitude
-2.93287