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Chinley Moor Stone

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Local Name(s): Chinley Moor Stone,
Kinderscout Grit.
Example of Chinley Moor Stone
Stone Group: Sedimentary
Stone Type: Sandstone
Geology:
Era:   Palaeozoic
Period:   Carboniferous
Epoch:   Upper
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Namurian (Millstone Grit Group), Kinderscoutian, Kinderscout Grit.

General Colour Description:

Buff to light brown in colour with a mottled appearance.

Hand Specimen Description:

A hard, moderately well sorted, coarse grained sandstone.

Stone Identifiers: Granular.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No