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Windy Nook Freestone

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

Middle Coal Measures.

General Colour Description:

A buff colour with occasional darker flecks.

Hand Specimen Description:

A hard, micaceous, medium grained, moderately well sorted sandstone.

General Comments:

The bed is known locally as 'Grindstone Post' (Watson 1911: 135).

Stone Identifiers: Granular,  Micaceous.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No