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Local Name(s): | Hovingham Stone. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Malton Oolite |
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General Colour Description: | Two stones are quarried today, the first is a freestone of creamy grey/white colour and the other is a hard blue/grey rubblestone (Leary 1983 :38). |
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Hand Specimen Description: | Oolitic limestone containing small shell fragments. |
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Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous,  Fossiliferous,  Oolitic. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes |