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Bearl Stone

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

Silesian. Namurian. Millstone Grit.

General Colour Description:

Buff to creamy/grey in colour with flecks of orange and occasional black inclusions.

Hand Specimen Description:

A medium grained, slightly micaceous, hard, granular sandstone which is moderately well sorted with a hackly fracture.

Stone Identifiers: Granular.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No