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Geodha Smoo east - 'leopard rock'

At the eastern end of Geodha Smoo in the Durness Group limestones, is a curious limestone breccia, colloquially known as 'leopard rock'. The origin of the breccia is obscure; possibly due to bioturbation (burrowing) or a thrombolite (bacterial mounds/concretions) - although to me it doesn't particularly look like these.

Possibly the angularity of the clasts points towards a diagenetic origin, i.e. when the lime-rich muds were undergoing burial and mineralisation to form the hard rock we see today.
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