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Newbald Stone

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

Lincolnshire Limestone Formation. Cave Oolite.

General Colour Description:

Cream colour.

Hand Specimen Description:

A well cemented, compact, oolitic limestone. It has a considerable number of patches of crystalline calcite, much of it in optical continuity which cements ooliths of varying size (Ashurst & Dimes 1990: 105 - 106).

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