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| Local Name(s): | Mansfield Stone - White. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Sandstone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Don Group, Cadeby Formation (formerly known as Lower Magnesian Limestone). |
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| General Colour Description: | There are two varieties, 'red' and 'white' which differ mainly in colour rather than composition or texture. The former is a pinkish-brown colour and the latter a cream/buff or pale yellow colour, which is yellowish white when quarried but tends to weather white on exposure (Ashurst and Dimes 1990: 71-73). |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A sandy dolomitic limestone (occasionally with small ferruginous spots) which is current bedded. It is a medium grained, hard, granular sandstone which is well sorted with a rough feel. It consists of angular and subangular quartz grains cemented by dolomite and to a lesser extent by calcium carbonate and silica (Ashurst and Dimes 1990: 71-73). |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Granular, Magnesian/Dolomitic. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | No | ||||||
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