| Back | Main Details | Samples & Images | Quarries | Usage | References |
| Local Name(s): | Grinshill Stone - Red. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Sandstone | ||||||
| Geology: |
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Keuper Sandstone. |
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| General Colour Description: | A red and a pink Grinshill sandstone are quarried which are brownish red or purplish pink in colour. A 'white' Grinshill stone is also common being a whitish grey, creamy buff colour with brown speckles. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | It is a fine to medium grained rock which is rough, hard and moderately well sorted. The stone comprises quartz, microcline, muscovite mica, potash feldspar, granitic inclusions, plagioclase feldspar, flint/chert, quartzite and dark iron ore. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Granular. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | No | ||||||
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