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| Local Name(s): |
Ulverston Marble, New England Marble. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
| Geology: |
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Dinantian. Urswick Limestone. |
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| General Colour Description: | Two types can be found, 'Fawn' a light fawn/dark cream coloured stone without much veining, and a darker variety, a light mottled brown coloured stone known as 'Mottled', which is marked and veined with purple and brown (Lee 1888: 33). Fossils are visible in polished examples. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A very hard, moderately well sorted, medium grained, compact limestone with occasional flecks of crystals. Some examples are slightly fossiliferous and the fossil content may vary. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous, Fossiliferous. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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