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| Local Name(s): |
Campden Stone, Chipping Campden Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
| Geology: |
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Inferior Oolite Series. |
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| General Colour Description: | Cream colour. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, medium grained, well sorted, oolitic limestone. There are a number of beds: the 'Upper Bed' a hard, brown, current bedded, shelly oolite with closely packed grains, the 'Yellow Bed' which is an oolitic freestone and a 'White Post' used for general building purposes (Howe 1910: 219). |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous, Fossiliferous, Oolitic. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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