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| Local Name(s): | Collyweston Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Inferior Oolite Group, Lincolnshire Limestone Formation. |
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| General Colour Description: | Cream to buff/light brown in colour. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A fine to medium grained, hard, well sorted limestone with a smooth feel. This fissile limestone can be split along natural cleavage lines. The stones are kept wet during the winter which causes them to split when frosts occur. They can then be shaped and used as a durable roofing tile. |
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| General Comments: | The 'Slates' are actually a fissile limestone. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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