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| Local Name(s): |
Stancliffe Darley Dale Stone, Stancliffe Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
| Geology: |
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Namurian, (Millstone Grit Group), Marsdenian, Ashover Grit. |
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| General Colour Description: | Light buff to pale brown in colour which occasional brown flecks. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A medium to coarse grained, hard, granular sadnstone which is well sorted with a rough feel. It comprises darker brown ferruginous specks, feldspar and occasional flecks of mica. |
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| General Comments: | Stancliffe stone is known commercially as 'Darley Dale Stone'. |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Granular. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | No | ||||||
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