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Anston Stone

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Local Name(s): Anston Stone,
North Anston Stone.
Example of Anston Stone
Stone Group: Sedimentary
Stone Type: Limestone
Geology:
Era:   Palaeozoic
Period:   Permian
Epoch:   Upper
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Don Group, Cadeby Formation (formerly known as Lower Magnesian Limestone).

General Colour Description:

Buff colour, which when weathered becomes pale brown to cream and often pockmarked.

Hand Specimen Description:

A hard, compact, fine grained magnesian limestone. The bedding and jointing are more regular than in most quarries and large blocks are obtainable. Minute irregular cavities are abundant but many of these are filled with calcite (Howe 1910: 196).

Stone Identifiers: Magnesian/Dolomitic.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No