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Bramley Fall Stone

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

Namurian. Millstone Grit. Rough Rock Grit Group.

General Colour Description:

A brown/orange coloured stone (can also be a fawn colour).

Hand Specimen Description:

A medium to coarse grained, hard, compact, micaceous sandstone which is well sorted with a rough feel. The beds have very strong massive bedding.

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