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| Local Name(s): | Taynton Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Great Oolite Group |
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| General Colour Description: | Cream/buff to pale orange in colour with lighter streaks and a small bluish vein. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, medium grained oolitic limestone which is moderately well sorted with a rough feel. It is a cross bedded oolite with abundant and characteristic seams and wisps of shell detritus (Green 1992: 139). |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous, Oolitic. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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