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| Local Name(s): | Burford Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | White Limestone. |
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| General Colour Description: | A cream/grey colour. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A fine grained, hard, compact limestone which is well sorted with a rough feel. |
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| General Comments: | It is important to note that almost 300 years ago 'Burford Stone' was a generic term for stone taken from the quarries at Burford, Barrington, Windrush and Sherborne (Arkell 1947: 67). This is not the case in this report. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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