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| Local Name(s): | Kirkstone Green Slate. |
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| Stone Group: | Metamorphic | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Slate | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Borrowdale Volcanic Group. |
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| General Colour Description: | A grey/green colour (a greener effect is obtained by polishing). Occasionally white veins of spar are present (Hart 1991: 32). Two types are currently sold: Kirkstone 'Sea Green' and Kirkstone 'Silver Green'. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, moderately well sorted, medium grained volcanic tuff. |
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| General Comments: | This stone was originally a tuff, a volcanic ash deposit, it was subsequently metamorphosed to form a 'meta-tuff' slate. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Foliated. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | No | ||||||
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