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| Local Name(s): |
Lincoln Stone, Cathedral Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
| Geology: |
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Inferior Oolite Group. Base of the LIncolnshire Limestone Formation (Lower Lincolnshire Limestone), 'Blue and Silver beds'. |
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| General Colour Description: | Two types of bed are used: 'blue' (a blue hearted stone) and 'silver' (a white/cream coloured stone). |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | Fine grained, partly oolitic limestones which can be blue-hearted and sandy, especially near the base (Jefferson n.d.: 3). It is the 'Silver' beds from which the building stone was obtained, and it is believed that this is weathered 'Blue' limestone (ibid.). The silver bed is a fine to medium grained, soft, moderately well sorted, bioclastic limestone with occasional large broken shell fragments. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous, Fossiliferous, Oolitic. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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