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Huddersfield White Rock

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Local Name(s): Huddersfield White Rock,
Hillhouse Edge Sandstone,
Warley Rock.
Example of Huddersfield White Rock
Stone Group: Sedimentary
Stone Type: Sandstone
Geology:
Era:   Palaeozoic
Period:   Carboniferous
Epoch:   Upper
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Namurian. Millstone Grit, Marsdenian. Holcombe Brook Grit.

General Colour Description:

A buff/light brown colour.

Hand Specimen Description:

A medium grained, hard, granular sandstone which is well sorted with a rough feel. It can be thin to thick bedded, cross bedded and/or cross laminated.

Stone Identifiers: Granular.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No