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Bearl Sandstone Reference E4 NAME Bearl TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Lower Carboniferous COUNTY Northumberland COLOUR Grey TEXTURE Medium to coarse grit BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, building, grindstones and carving USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
Caithness Flagstone 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 part of the Devonian Period (c. 390 million years ago),…
<stone name> Reference E1 NAME Totternhoe Clunch TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Portland Group COUNTY Wiltshire COLOUR Cream with fine green flecks TEXTURE Fine grained. No shell but glauconite grains visible BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 500mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Building and monumental USES (1) Salisbury Cathedral USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
Beer Sandstone Reference D10 NAME Beer TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic COUNTY Devon COLOUR Predominantly pale yellow, cream or grey, with some orange and pink variations. TEXTURE Fine to medium-grained sandstone with some thin, shale partings. BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Walling,cladding,paving USES (1) Exeter Cathedral USES (2) Castle Drogo USES (3) Buckfast Abbey USES…
Newington Rag Limestone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Geological Formation The Newington Rag Limestone is a geological formation that is part of the Lower Greensand Group (Woods, 2001). The Lower Greensand Group is a series of sedimentary rocks that were deposited during the Early Cretaceous period, which occurred…
Folkestone Rag Limestone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Geological Formation The Folkestone Rag Limestone is a geological formation that is part of the Lower Greensand Group. The Lower Greensand Group is a series of sedimentary rocks that were deposited during the Early Cretaceous period, which occurred between 145…
Purbeck Limestone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Geological Formation The Purbeck Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is found in the Purbeck Hills of Dorset, England. The stone dates back to the Late Jurassic period, which occurred between 163.5 and 145 million years ago. It is a type…
Portland Limestone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> The Portland Limestone is a valuable building stone that has been used in numerous structures throughout history. It is important to understand its geological formation, its lithological characteristics, and its applications to appreciate its significance. This academic paper aims to explore…
Ancaster Limestones is a cream coloured Jurassic Oolitic limestone forming part of the Inferior Oolite Group (https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=INO) Upper Lincolnshire Limestone Formation. In a medium grained oolitic limestone containing shell fragments and can vary in composition between quarries. Oolites are small spherical grains of calcium carbonate which range in size from 0.2mm to a few mm. …
Clipsham Limestone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> changed Geological Formation of Clipsham Limestone The Clipsham Limestone is a Jurassic limestone that was deposited in a shallow marine environment. It is part of the Lincolnshire Limestone Formation and belongs to the Inferior Oolite Group, which dates back to the…