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Mansfield Woodhouse Stone

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Local Name(s): Mansfield Woodhouse Stone. Example of Mansfield Woodhouse Stone
Stone Group: Sedimentary
Stone Type: Limestone
Geology:
Era:   Palaeozoic
Period:   Permian
Epoch:   Upper
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Don Group, Cadeby Formation (formerly known as Lower Magnesian Limestone).

General Colour Description:

A warm, yellow/brown colour in some places speckled with black.

Hand Specimen Description:

A dolomitic limestone, with a crystalline appearance on fresh fracture. Frequent minute specks of black oxide can also be seen. The beds are massive, but irregular, some parts are more coarsely crystalline and porous than others.

Stone Identifiers: Magnesian/Dolomitic.
Reacts dilute to HCl? No