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Intro: Rockingstone (G4) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Posted on 12 October 202316 April 2025 By Elizabeth Laycock No Comments on Intro: Rockingstone (G4) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

150 x 150mm square sample of stone

Reference G4
NAME Rockingstone
TYPE Sandstone
GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit
COUNTY West Yorkshire
COLOUR Buff/brown with orange/brown banding
TEXTURE Medium to coarse grained grit
 BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm)
SUITABILITY Ashlar, weathering courses, dressings and paving
 USES (1) Cathedral Precinct, Wakefield
 USES (2) Sainsbury’s Superstore, Wakefield
 USES (3) Justiciary Courts, Glasgow
 USES (4)
Stone Names

 

Sandstone, Sedimentary

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