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| Local Name(s): |
Carstone - Silsoe, 'Gingerbread'. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Sandstone | ||||||
| Geology: |
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Lower Greensand. |
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| General Colour Description: | A deep yellowish brown colour. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A medium to coarse grained, moderately well sorted, granular sandstone. |
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| General Comments: | 'Carstone' is a term frequently applied to greensand stones which were used for building further north in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and especially Norfolk. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Ferruginous, Granular. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | No | ||||||
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