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Local Name(s): | Kenton Gritstone. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Sandstone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Millstone Grit Series. |
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General Colour Description: | The bed varies in character, one section of the bed is a buff coloured stone with occasional large (up to 3mm in size) dark brown/black inclusions, the other is much finer and brown in colour (Watson 1911: 130). |
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Hand Specimen Description: | A medium grained, hard, granular, ferruginous sandstone which is moderately well sorted with a rough feel. |
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Stone Identifiers: | Ferruginous,  Granular. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | No |