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| Local Name(s): | Doddington Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Sandstone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Visean, Fell Sandstone Group. |
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| General Colour Description: | Overall buff/pink in colour with light brownish grey to deep purplish pink specks. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A medium grained, hard, granular micaceous sandstone with rust coloured markings. It is a massive cross bedded stone which is well sorted with a rough feel. Individual stones show cross bedding but this is usually quite faint (McMillan 1999: 160). It is composed of up to 97% quartz grains with the mineral haematite (iron oxide) giving the gentle pink colour. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Granular, Micaceous. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | No | ||||||
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