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Local Name(s): | Stowey Stone - White. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Lower Lias (Blue Lias) and Jurassic Rhaetian Stage Triassic (White Lias). Farrington Formation. |
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General Colour Description: | There is both a 'White' stone which is a white/grey colour and a 'Blue' stone which is a darker blue/grey colour. |
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Hand Specimen Description: | A fine grained, very hard, compact limestone, well sorted with a smooth feel. There are two types, the first is a white limestone (the White Lias) which is a grey colour, the second is a blue limestone (the Blue Lias). Their surfaces are rather mottled and smooth with no evidence of shell (Leary 1983: 71). |
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Stone Identifiers: | Calcareous. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes |