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| Local Name(s): | Killerton Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Igneous | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Basalt | ||||||
| Geology: |
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Exeter Volcanic Series. 'Exeter Traps' Armorican. Volcanic activity took place at or near the Permo-Carboniferous time boundary (Edmonds 1975: 52). |
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| General Colour Description: | Dark red to orange/brown colour. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, well sorted, fine grained basalt with numerous holes (or vesicles). |
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| General Comments: | Also known as 'Trap' which is a local name for basalt. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Vesicular. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | No | ||||||
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