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Nailsworth Stone

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Local Name(s): Nailsworth Stone. Example of Nailsworth Stone
Stone Group: Sedimentary
Stone Type: Limestone
Geology:
Era:   Mesozoic
Period:   Jurassic
Epoch:   Middle
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Inferior Oolite Group.

General Colour Description:

A cream coloured stone.

Hand Specimen Description:

A hard, shelly, medium grained, oolitic limestone, very uniform in grain. Almost identical to Painswick Stone, both in colour and texture (Watson 1911: 168).

Stone Identifiers: Calcareous,  Oolitic.
Reacts dilute to HCl? Yes