Author: Elizabeth Laycock

Intro: Kirkstone Sea Green (riven) (M7) Lake District Slates

Kirkstone Sea Green (riven) Reference M7 NAME Kirkstone Sea Green (riven) TYPE Slate GEOLOGY Ordovician. Borrowdale Volcanics Series COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Sea green TEXTURE Bedded angular fragments of varying size in fine grained matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1800x900mm SUITABILITY Roofing, cladding, paving, cills, copings and fireplaces  USES (1) DETAILS ON APPLICATION  USES (2)  USES…

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Metamorphic

Intro: Guiting Limestone (A6)

<image>   A6 Reference Guiting COSCOMBE NAME Limestone TYPE Jurassic. Inferior Oolite GEOLOGY Gloucestershire COUNTY Dark cream/buff orange COLOUR Coarse shelly oolite TEXTURE 1200x1125x1050mm  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Ashlar, dressings, carving and walling SUITABILITY Trocadero Centre, London  USES (1) Magdalen College, Oxford  USES (2)    USES (3)    USES (4)   Stone Names  

Limestone

Intro: Forest of Dean Mine Train (G10)

G10  NAME Forest of Dean MINE TRAIN TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY Gloucestershire COLOUR Buff/pink/red multicolour TEXTURE Fine to medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200x1200x900mm SUITABILITY Cladding, ashlar, paving, monumental and engineering  USES (1) DETAILS ON APPLICATION  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4)   Intro: Forest of Dean Bixhead (G6) –…

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Sandstone

Intro: Forest of Dean Bixhead (G7)

G7  NAME Forest of Dean BIXHEAD TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY Gloucestershire COLOUR Blue/grey with feint orange banding. TEXTURE Fine to medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 2100x900x900mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, monumental and paving  USES (1) The Compressor House, Royal Albert Dock, London  USES (2) Dudley Castle, Shropshire  USES (3) Various churches…

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Sandstone

Intro: Flash (F7)

Reference F7 NAME Flash TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY Derbyshire COLOUR Light buff/cream with some purple/black bands TEXTURE Medium grained grit  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1000x600x500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, walling and cladding  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names Chatsworth grit

Sandstone

Intro: Elterwater (M5) Lake District Slates

Reference M5 NAME Elterwater R TYPE Slate GEOLOGY Ordovician. Borrowdale Volcanics Series COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Pale green with veining TEXTURE Bedded angular fragments of varying size in fine grained matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1500x900mm SUITABILITY Roofing, cladding, paving, cills, copings and fireplaces  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names Seathwaite Fell…

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Metamorphic

Intro: Dunhouse (I1) Upper Carboniferous sandstone, Durham

Reference I1 NAME Dunhouse Buff TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY Durham COLOUR Buff TEXTURE Fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1000mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building and carving  USES (1) Mausoleum, Castle Howard  USES (2) Durham Cathedral  USES (3) King’s College, Durham  USES (4) Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh Stone Names     Intro:…

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Sandstone

Intro: Donegal Granite (L9) Irish Granite

Reference L9 NAME Donegal (textured) TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Caledonian COUNTY Co Roscommon COLOUR Salmon pink/red, but with considerable variation TEXTURE Coarse grained. Quartz, feldspar and biotite mica  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1300x1200mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving and monumental  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names   Intro: Donegal Granite (L9) Irish Granite –…

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