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Poulton Slates

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Local Name(s): Poulton Slates. Example of Poulton Slates
Stone Group: Sedimentary
Stone Type: Limestone
Geology:
Era:   Mesozoic
Period:   Jurassic
Epoch:   Middle
Geological Sub-Divisons:

Great Oolite Group, Forest Marble.

General Colour Description:

Cream/white colour.

Hand Specimen Description:

A hard, coarse grained, poorly sorted, oolitic, bioclastic limestone. It comprises scattered large shells of pectinaceans and oysters, together with intraformational mud-flakes and small pieces of lignite (Sumbler 2000: 68).

General Comments:

Local name ' Tilestone'.

Stone Identifiers: Calcareous,  Fossiliferous.
Reacts dilute to HCl? Yes