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Alberbury Stone

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Sample Details and Images

Sample: 236

Local Name:	Alberbury Stone
Quarry Name:	Loton Park Quarry, Alberbury
Location:	Southampton Lithics collection. Shropshire. Box 1, Tray 8.
Comments:	None Recorded

Macroscopic Images:

	Fresh Surface. Close up of surface detail.
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Photomicrographs:

	Crossed Polars.		Plane Polarised Light.
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Physical Characteristics:

Fresh Primary Colour Secondary Colour Primary Munsell Code Secondary Munsell Code Surface Appearance Hardness Feel Grain Sorting Grain Size Brown None 2.5YR 5/3   Granular Hard Hackly Poorly sorted Coarse

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