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Local Name(s): | Grinshill Stone - White. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Sandstone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Keuper Sandstone |
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General Colour Description: | White Grinshill is a whitish grey, creamy buff colour with brown speckles. A red and a pink Grinshill sandstone are also quarried which are brownish red or purplish pink in colour |
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Hand Specimen Description: | It is a medium grained rock which is rough, hard and moderately well sorted. It comprises quartz, microcline, muscovite mica, potash feldspar, granitic inclusions, plagioclase feldspar, flint/chert, quartzite and dark iron ore. |
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Stone Identifiers: | Granular. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | No |