Rhynie, Aberdeenshire
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Rhynie is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is on the A97 road, 14 miles northwest of Alford.
The village green and war memorial, Rhynie Kirk behind the green, with Tap o' Noth in the distance
The "Craw Stane", a Pictish symbol stone depicting a salmon and an unknown animal
Rhynie chert
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The Rhynie chert is a Lower Devonian sedimentary deposit exhibiting extraordinary fossil detail or completeness. It is exposed near the village of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; a second unit, the W
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire
…Though only having a population of about 500 people today, research suggests that it was likely to have been home to thousands 1400 years ago. The Rhynie Chert is named after the village, as is the fossil plant genus Rhynia. The Rhynie Chert is a sediment deposited in the Devonian period, contained important…
Hand sample of the Rhynie chert from Rhynie, Scotland.
Thin section of a piece of Rhynie chert viewed by transmitted light showing the cross-section of a stem of Rhynia
Reconstruction of Lepidocaris
Reconstruction of Castracollis