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Category: Limestone

Intro: Stoke Ground Top Bed (A10)

  <stone name> Reference A9 A10 NAME Stoke Ground Base Bed Stoke Ground Top Bed TYPE Limestone Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Great Oolite Jurassic. Great Oolite COUNTY Avon Avon COLOUR Cream/buff Cream/buff TEXTURE Medium grained oolite with shell fragments. Slightly open texture Fine grained oolite  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3500x1500x1000mm 3500x1200x1600mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding and weathering…

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Limestone

Intro: Chilmark Limestone (D3)

Reference D3 NAME Chilmark TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Middle Chalk COUNTY check? Devon COLOUR White TEXTURE Fine grained with limited shell content. Chalky texture  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1400mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Building and carving  USES (1) Westminster Abbey  USES (2) St Stephen’s Crypt, Palace of Westminster  USES (3) Exeter Cathedral  USES (4) Stone…

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Intro: Guiting Limestone (A6)

<image>   A6 Reference Guiting COSCOMBE NAME Limestone TYPE Jurassic. Inferior Oolite GEOLOGY Gloucestershire COUNTY Dark cream/buff orange COLOUR Coarse shelly oolite TEXTURE 1200x1125x1050mm  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) Ashlar, dressings, carving and walling SUITABILITY Trocadero Centre, London  USES (1) Magdalen College, Oxford  USES (2)    USES (3)    USES (4)   Stone Names  

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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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Intro: Folkestone Rag Limestone (D7)

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Intro: Folkestone Rag Limestone (k5)

Reference K5 NAME Newington Rag Brown TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY Kent COLOUR Grey/green/ blue TEXTURE Medium grained rounded silica/glauconite in fine calcite matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY General Building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

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Intro: Newington Rag Limestone (K7)

Reference K7 NAME Newington Rag Green TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY Kent COLOUR Grey/green/brown TEXTURE Medium grained rounded silica/glauconite in fine calcite matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY General Building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names     RELATED MATERIALS Intro: Newington Rag Blue Limestone (D8) – Stone Library…

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Cretaceous

Intro: Newington Rag Limestone (K6)

Reference K6 NAME Newington Rag Blue TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY Kent COLOUR Grey/green/brown TEXTURE Medium grained rounded silica/glauconite in fine calcite matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY General Building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names     RELATED MATERIALS Intro: Newington Rag Blue Limestone (D8) – Stone Library…

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