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Local Name(s): | Purbeck Freestone. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Middle Purbeck division. |
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General Colour Description: | The freestone is a cream/buff to blue/grey colour with numerous shells. |
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Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, moderately well sorted, coarse grained bioclastic limestone. |
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Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous,  Fossiliferous,  Oolitic. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes |