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Mountsorrel Granodiorite

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Local Name(s): Mountsorrel Granodiorite. Example of Mountsorrel Granodiorite
Stone Group: Igneous
Stone Type: Granodiorite
Geology:
Era:   Palaeozoic
Period:   Ordovician
Epoch:   Upper
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Caradoc.

General Colour Description:

Overall a greyish pink coloured stone comprising crystals which are dark grey, cream and pink in colour.

Hand Specimen Description:

A very hard, intractable, coarse, crystalline granite which is poorly sorted with a hackly fracture.

Stone Identifiers: Crystalline.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No