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Local Name(s): | Nailsworth Stone. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Inferior Oolite Group. |
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General Colour Description: | A cream coloured stone. |
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Hand Specimen Description: | A hard, shelly, medium grained, oolitic limestone, very uniform in grain. Almost identical to Painswick Stone, both in colour and texture (Watson 1911: 168). |
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Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous,  Oolitic. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes |