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Stone in the Media 2025 September
(26) Post | Feed | LinkedIn Scott Boote ConnectConnect with Scott Boote The use of ‘low-carbon’ stone bricks is on the rise But its time to think bigger with stone Stone bricks are gaining traction as low‑carbon alternatives to fired clay bricks, or concrete blocks. Sound in theory, appealing in texture, colour, public opinion and…
Marmorino sample on a Cocciopesto base Q_02
This sample of a Marmorino lime finish on a cocciopesto base was provided by Mick Gasz of Core Conservation Ltd ( (www.coreconservation.co.uk) {PICTURE HERE} This combination represents an authentic and durable finish used in Venice over hundreds of years. For an example of where this has been sucessfully used in conservation, see the case study…
CED11 Kilkenny Limestone
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Reference CED11 NAME Kilkenny TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Butlersgrove Formation – Carboniferous 340-350 million years old COUNTY Kilkenny – Ireland 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)…
CED10 Avochie Granite
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> 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…
CED09 Ballymagreehan Granite
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Reference CED09 NAME Ballymagreehan TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Newry Igneous Complex – Devonian 419-393 million years ago COUNTY Down – Northern Ireland COLOUR TEXTURE BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Up to 2.5m x 1.5m x 1m SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building, paving and engineering USES…
CED08 Caithness Flagstone
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Caithness Flagstone was quarried from more than seven hundred sites in Caithness. The stone consisted originally of mud and fine sand that was deposited in layers on the floor of a lake filling a large inland basin (the Orcadian Basin) during the middle…
CED07 Donegal Quartzite
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Reference CED07 NAME Quartzite TYPE GEOLOGY Precambrian – Dalradian Appin Group COUNTY Donegal, Ireland COLOUR TEXTURE BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building, paving and engineering USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names Donegal Quartzite Credit: Simon…
CED06 Spynie Sandstone
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Reference CED06 NAME Spynie TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation – Triassic S241.5-209.5 million years ago COUNTY Moray – Scotland COLOUR Pale Buff TEXTURE BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building, paving and engineering USES (1) Natural History Museum, London…
CED05 Achnaba Schist
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Originally basalt metamorphosed during the Caledonian (400ma) Reference CED05 NAME Achnaba TYPE Schist GEOLOGY Dalradian Supergroup – Precambrian 1000-541 million years ago COUNTY Argyll, Scotland COLOUR Grey-Green TEXTURE BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Up to 1.5m x 1m x 1m SUITABILITY Paving, cills ,lintels,…