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Rivelin Grit

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Local Name(s): Rivelin Grit. Example of Rivelin Grit
Stone Group: Sedimentary
Stone Type: Sandstone
Geology:
Era:   Palaeozoic
Period:   Carboniferous
Epoch:   Upper
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Westphalian. Coal Measures.

General Colour Description:

Creamy buff in colour with large darker speckles (Leary 1986: 60).

Hand Specimen Description:

A hard, medium to coarse grained, moderately well sorted sandstone.

Stone Identifiers: Granular.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No