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Local Name(s): | Wealden Sandstone. | ||||||
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Stone Group: | Sedimentary | ||||||
Stone Type: | Sandstone | ||||||
Geology: |
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Geological Sub-Divisons: | Lower Greensand, Tunbridge Wells Sands. Hastings Beds. Grinstead Clay. |
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General Colour Description: | Yellowish cream to honey brown in colour. |
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Hand Specimen Description: | A soft, well sorted, fine grained stone often with brown veins of plant debris running parallel to the bed joints. The samples in our collection are 'Top Grade' and 'Building Grade' of Wealden sandstone, the former does not exhibit the brown veins. |
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Stone Identifiers: | Granular. | ||||||
Reacts dilute to HCl? | No |