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| Local Name(s): | Tisbury Stone. |
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| Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
| Stone Type: | Limestone | ||||||
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| Geological Sub-Divisons: | Portland Beds. Main Building Stone Horizon. |
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| General Colour Description: | A white/cream to greenish-grey colour after exposure to the elements. |
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| Hand Specimen Description: | A fine grained, hard, moderately well sorted, oolitic limestone with a rough feel. It is similar to Chilmark stone, but less glauconitic (and less green in colour) and does not have the distinct banding or laminations characteristic of Chilmark stone (Tatton-Brown 1998: 41). |
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| Stone Identifiers: | Granular, Glauconitic, Calcareous, Oolitic. | ||||||
| Reacts dilute to HCl? | Yes | ||||||
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