Author: Elizabeth Laycock

Intro: Brandy Crag (Honed) M3 Lake District Slate

Reference M3 NAME Brandy Crag (Honed) TYPE Slate GEOLOGY Ordovician. Borrowdale Volcanics Series COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Silver/grey with veining TEXTURE Angular fragments of varying size in fine grained matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Roofing, cladding, paving, cills, copings and fireplaces  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names Seathwaite Fell Sandstone Formation

Metamorphic

Intro: Berwyn Welsh Slate (N4)

Reference N4 NAME Berwyn (honed) TYPE Slate GEOLOGY Silurian. Ludlow Beds COUNTY Clywd COLOUR Deep blue TEXTURE Extremely fine grained. Finely cleaved  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 2500x1500x75mm SUITABILITY Roofing, cladding, paving, cills, copings and fireplaces  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names    

Metamorphic

Intro: Corrennie (L4) Scottish Granite

Reference L4 NAME Corrennie Pink TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Caledonian COUNTY Grampian COLOUR Deep pink TEXTURE Medium grained. Quartz, pink feldspar and biotite  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 2000x1000x1000mm SUITABILITY Cladding and memorial work  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names Corrennie Pink

Igneous

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