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Category: Devonian
CED02 Park Granite
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Reference CED02 NAME Park TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Auldearn Granite Pluton Devonian 443.8-393.3 million years ago COUNTY Highlands – Scotland COLOUR Pink/Red TEXTURE BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Up to 2.5m x 1.5m x 1m SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building, paving and engineering USES (1)…
Intro: Trevillett Slate (N8) Cornish (and Devon) Slate
<image>Trevillet Reference N8 NAME Trevillett (honed) TYPE Slate GEOLOGY Devonian. Upper Devonian Slate Beds COUNTY Cornwall COLOUR Blue/grey/green. Pyrite grains common TEXTURE Fine grained. Pronounced irregular cleavage BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Roofing and flooring USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names Tredorn Phyllites
Intro: Donegal Granite (L10) Irish Granite
Reference L9 L10 NAME Donegal (textured) Donegal (polished) TYPE Granite Granite GEOLOGY Caledonian Caledonian COUNTY Co Roscommon Co Roscommon COLOUR Salmon pink/red, but with considerable variation Salmon pink/red, but with considerable variation TEXTURE Coarse grained. Quartz, feldspar and biotite mica Coarse grained. Quartz, feldspar and biotite mica BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1300x1200mm 3000x1300x1200mm SUITABILITY Cladding,…
Intro: Ross of Mull (L5) Scottish Granite
Reference L5 NAME Ross of Mull TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Caledonian COUNTY Strathclyde COLOUR Warm red/pink TEXTURE Medium grained. Quartz, feldspar, mica and hornblende BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Up to 3000mm in length SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering USES (1) Albert Memorial, London USES (2) Holborn Viaduct, London USES (3) Blackfriars Bridge, London…
Intro: Shap Granite (L1)
Reference L1 NAME Shap Light TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Devonian COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Grey/pink TEXTURE Large rectangular feldspars in a finer grained crystalline matrix BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200x600x600mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names Shap Granite Intro: Shap Granite (L1) – Stone…
Intro: Clashach Sandstone (I10)
I10 Reference I10 NAME Clashach Dark TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Permo-Triassic. Hopeman Sandstone COUNTY Grampian COLOUR Golden to pale brown with dark mottling TEXTURE Fine grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1800mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, dressings and weathering courses USES (1) Chandos House, London USES (2) National Gallery, Edinburgh USES (3) Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire USES (4) New…
Intro: Caithness Stone flags (E3)
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),…