Author: Elizabeth Laycock

Intro: Kemnay (L7) Scottish Granite

Reference L7 NAME Kemnay TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Caledonian COUNTY Grampian COLOUR Light silver grey with black speckle and pink colouration TEXTURE Medium grained with oatmeal texture. Quartz, feldspar and mica  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Igneous

Intro: Peterhead (L6) Scottish Granite

Reference L6 NAME Peterhead TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Caledonian COUNTY Grampian COLOUR Warm red/pink TEXTURE Medium grained. Quartz, feldspar, mica and hornblende  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Igneous

Intro: Farmington Bath Stone B3

<stone name> Reference B3 NAME Bath Stone (Farmington) TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Great Oolite COUNTY Gloucestershire COLOUR Cream TEXTURE Fine grained oolite with some shell fragments and cross bedding  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1400x800x500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings and weathering courses and flooring  USES (1) University College, Oxford  USES (2) American Museum, Bath  USES (3) Bank…

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Limestone

Intro: Portmadoc Welsh Slate (N6)

Reference N6 NAME Portmadoc (honed) TYPE Slate GEOLOGY Ordovician. Llandeilo Series COUNTY Gwynedd COLOUR Blue/grey. Occasional pyrite flecks TEXTURE Extremely fine grained. Finely cleaved  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Roofing, cladding, flooring and architectural  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Metamorphic

Intro: Corsehill Sandstone (K2)

Reference K2 NAME Corsehill TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Pink/red. darkens noticeably when wet TEXTURE Fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1400mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving  USES (1) National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh  USES (2) Reading Town Hall  USES (3) Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney  USES (4) Sheriffs Court, Falkirk Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Hollington Tearne (J6) Sandstone

Reference J6 NAME Hollington Tearne TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Staffordshire COLOUR Pink TEXTURE Medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, dressings and weathering courses  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names   Intro: Hollington Mottled (J4) Sandstone – Stone Library (shu.ac.uk) Intro: Hollington…

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Sandstone