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Reference E5 NAME Coal Measures Sandstone (Black Pasture) TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Lower Carboniferous COUNTY Northumberland COLOUR Light buff TEXTURE Fine to medium grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, building and dressings USES (1) Durham Cathedral USES (2) Edinburgh and Glasgow USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
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
<NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> N10 Reference N10 NAME Ledmore TYPE Marble GEOLOGY Caledonian COUNTY Sutherland COLOUR Pale green with white veining TEXTURE Variable veined and brecciated texture BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY USES (1) HQ Historic Scotland USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names …
K9 Reference K9 NAME De Lank TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Armorican COUNTY Cornwall COLOUR Silver/grey with some light brown markings TEXTURE Fine/medium even grained. Feldspar, quartz and mica BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3500x1200x1200mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering USES (1) Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, London USES (2) Ludgate Circus, London USES…
J7 Reference J7 NAME Grinshill TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Shropshire COLOUR Cream with fine brown fleck, white and red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1000mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
Ancaster Limestones is a cream coloured Jurassic Oolitic limestone forming part of the Inferior Oolite Group (https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=INO) Upper Lincolnshire Limestone Formation. In a medium grained oolitic limestone containing shell fragments and can vary in composition between quarries. Oolites are small spherical grains of calcium carbonate which range in size from 0.2mm to a few mm. …
Bath Stone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> changes Geological Formation of Bath Stone Bath Stone is a type of limestone widely used as a building stone in England, particularly in the city of Bath. The stone is renowned for its distinctive creamy-yellow color, which weathers to a pale…
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