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Grindleford Stone

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

Millstone Grit Series.

General Colour Description:

A buff/ brown, mottled colour.

Hand Specimen Description:

A hard, moderately well sorted, medium to coarse grained stone, comprising large quartz grains and orthoclase feldspar fragments cemented together with siliceous matter (Watson 1911: 127).

Stone Identifiers: Granular.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No