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| Local Name(s): | Painswick Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Lower Freestone. Inferior Oolite, Bajocian. |
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| General Colour Description: | Pale cream colour. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A relatively hard, moderately well sorted, medium grained, oolitic limestone. The ooliths are somewhat smaller than those of Ketton Stone (Howe 1910:217) and Painswick stone is almost identicial in colour and texture to Caen Stone (Watson 1911: 167). |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous, Oolitic. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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