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Local Name(s): | Blue Lias Stone. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Lower Lias (Blue Lias) Limestone. |
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General Colour Description: | It is a blue/grey colour when fresh but tends to weather patchily to shades of fawn (Tatton-Brown 1998: 9). |
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Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, fine grained, compact stone which is well sorted with a smooth feel. There are four different types of Blue Lias, this is the fine grained, laminated stone to be found in the Somerton area. |
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Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes |