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CED10 Avochie Granite

Posted on 8 May 202518 June 2025 By Elizabeth Laycock No Comments on CED10 Avochie Granite

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Reference CED10
NAME Avochie
TYPE Gneissose Granite
GEOLOGY North-east Grampian Granitic Suite – Ordovician 485.4-443.8 million years ago
COUNTY Aberdeenshire – Scotland
COLOUR
TEXTURE
 BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Up to 2.5m x 1.5m x 1m
SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building, paving and engineering
 USES (1) Ruskin Square Link
 USES (2) Waltham Forest Council Google map link
 USES (3) Natural History Museum, London

Supplying Stone For The Evolution Garden at The Natural… | CED Stone

 USES (4)
Stone Names Grampian

 

Credit: Simon Copsey <simoncopsey@cedstone.co.uk>

 

 

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