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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
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
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
<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…
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
Reference K2 NAME Corsehill TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Pink/red. darkens noticeably when wet TEXTURE Fine grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1400mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving USES (1) National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh USES (2) Reading Town Hall USES (3) Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney USES (4) Sheriffs Court, Falkirk Stone Names