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<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image 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…
<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…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image 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…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image 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…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image 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…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image 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…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image 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,…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image Whinstone was formed during the Carboniferous period and made mostly of Plagioclase Feldspar and Clinopyroxene along with smaller amounts of other minerals such as Biotite. This red variation is relatively rare in occurrence. Reference CED04 NAME Red Whinstone TYPE Gabbro/Dolorite…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image Whinstone was formed during the Carboniferous period and made mostly of Plagioclase Feldspar and Clinopyroxene along with smaller amounts of other minerals such as Biotite. Reference CED03 NAME Whinstone TYPE Gabbro/Dolorite GEOLOGY Carboniferous COUNTY Scotland COLOUR Dark Grey TEXTURE BLOCK…
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> temporary image Reference CED02 NAME Park TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Auldearn Granite Pluton Devonian 443.8-393.3 million years ago COUNTY Highlands – Scotland COLOUR Pink/Red TEXTURE BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Up to 2.5m x 1.5m x 1m SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building, paving and engineering…