Intro: Caithness Stone flags (E3)
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Trevillet roof slate Reference N8 N9 NAME Trevillett (honed) Trevillett (riven) TYPE Slate Slate GEOLOGY Devonian. Upper Devonian Slate Beds Devonian. Upper Devonian Slate Beds COUNTY Cornwall Cornwall COLOUR Blue/grey/green. Pyrite grains common Blue/grey/green. Pyrite grains common TEXTURE Fine grained. Pronounced irregular cleavage Fine grained. Pronounced irregular cleavage BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Roofing…
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L9L10 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…
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Corrennie Granite Corrennie Granite was sourced from at least three quarries near the village of Tillyfourie, in Aberdeenshire. The stone comes from the Corrennie Granite Intrusion, which formed during the Ordovician Period (c. 450 million years ago) when Scotland was south of the Equator at roughly the same latitude as northern Angola is today….
L1 L2 Reference L1 L2 NAME Shap Light Shap Dark TYPE Granite Granite GEOLOGY Devonian Devonian COUNTY Cumbria Cumbria COLOUR Grey/pink Brown/pink TEXTURE Large rectangular feldspars in a finer grained crystalline matrix Large rectangular feldspars in a finer grained crystalline matrix BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200x600x600mm 1200x600x600mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and…
Hopeman Sandstone Hopeman Sandstone was sourced from several clusters of quarries near the towns of Hopeman and Elgin, in Nairnshire. The stone consisted originally of sand deposited by rivers and as wind-blown sand dunes in a desert environment during the later part of the Permian Period and early part of the Triassic Period (c. 260…
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),…