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| Local Name(s): | Hopton Wood Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Carboniferous Limestone. Bee Low Limestones Formation. |
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| General Colour Description: | Two colours are available, firstly a light cream (pale buff colour) and a grey (the grey coming from the top of the outcrop). Fossils are visible on polished examples. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, compact, fine to medium grained, bioclastic limestone comprising abundant crinoid fragments. It is poorly to moderately well sorted with a rough feel. The calcium carbonate content of this stone is more than 99%, while its iron content stands at 0.02%. |
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| General Comments: | Hadene Stone quarried close to Hopton Wood is from the same geological formation and is visually indistinguishable (Ashurst & Dimes 1990: 93). |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous, Fossiliferous, Crinoidal. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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