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Stone and rock type

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The stone itself, exactly as recorded on each entry. 164 stones and rock types appear in the catalogue.

A

  • Alabaster1
  • Altered Basalt1
  • Amphibolite3
  • Andesite4
  • Andesite Porphyry1
  • Anorthosite2
  • Augen Gneiss3

B

  • Basalt31
  • Basanite2
  • Bastite Serpentinite1
  • Bioclastic oolitic limestone1
  • Biosparite Limestone1
  • Bituminous Limestone1
  • Boulder Clay3
  • Breccia5

C

  • Calcarenite4
  • Calcarenite Limestone4
  • Calcareous Sandstone1
  • Chalk4
  • Charnockite3
  • Chert1
  • Coal1
  • Conglomerate54
  • Conglomerate & Sandstone1
  • Cornish Granite1
  • Crinoidal limestone (encrinite)1

D

  • Dacite1
  • Dartmoor Granite1
  • Diorite17
  • Diorite or Granodiorite1
  • Dolerite46
  • Dolerite-Gabbro1
  • Dolomite12
  • Dolomite marble1
  • Dolomitic Siltstone1
  • Dolostone1

E

  • Epidiorite3
  • Evaporite2

F

  • Felsite7
  • Felsite Porphyry1
  • Ferricrete5
  • Ferruginous Sandstone4
  • Flagstone (siltstone)1
  • Flint73

G

  • Gabbro34
  • Gabbro-Diorite3
  • Gneiss91
  • Granite1,031
  • Granite & Diorite1
  • Granite (Adamellite)1
  • Granite (Charnockite)3
  • Granite (Pyterlite)1
  • Granite - Charnockite3
  • Granite and other plutonic igneous rocks.1
  • Granite Charnockite1
  • Granite porphyry5
  • Granite-Charnockite35
  • Granite/Diorite1
  • Granites2
  • Granites, Granodiorite, Diorites, Dolerites1
  • Granitic elvan4
  • Granitoids and Basalts1
  • Granodiorite34
  • Gravel1
  • Greywacke Sandstone12
  • Grit - Conglomerate14
  • Gypsum1

I

  • Igneous11
  • Ignimbrite2
  • Ironstone3
  • Ironstone (sandstone)2

J

  • Juparana Gneiss1

L

  • Lamprophyre1
  • Larvikite1
  • Latite2
  • Leucogranite1
  • Limestone933
  • Limestone (Biosparite)1
  • Limestone (Dolomite)2
  • Limestone (Encrinite)9
  • Limestone (Micrite)1
  • Limestone Breccia2
  • Limestone Conglomerate1
  • Limestones1
  • Limstone1

M

  • Marble85
  • Marble Breccia4
  • Metabasite1
  • Metaconglomerate1
  • Metagranite2
  • Metamorphic2
  • Metapelite1
  • Metaquartzite1
  • Metasandstone1
  • Microgabbro1
  • Microgranite1
  • Migmatite2
  • Mineral3
  • Monzonite208
  • Mudstone1

N

  • Nepheline Syenite1

O

  • Oolitic Limestone309
  • Oolitic Limestone (Boundstone)1
  • Ophicalcite3
  • Ophicalcite Marble3
  • Orthogneiss8

P

  • Peloidal Limestone1
  • Phyllite2
  • Pisolithic Limestone1
  • Plymouth Limestone1
  • Porphyry18
  • Porphyry Granodiorite1
  • Portland Limestone1
  • Puddingstone & other sarsens1
  • Purbeck Limestone1
  • Pyroxene-andesite pitchstone1

Q

  • Quartz4
  • Quartzite7

R

  • Rapakivi Granite54
  • Rhyolite2
  • Rhyolitic Ash2
  • River Cobbles2
  • Rubislaw Granite1

S

  • Sandstone695
  • Sandstone & Conglomerates1
  • Sandstone (Sarsen)1
  • Sandstone, possibly from the Old Red Sandstone1
  • Sandstone-Conglomerate3
  • Sandstone-Siltstone1
  • Sandstone/Conglomerate1
  • Sarsen1
  • Sarsen (sandstone)2
  • Schist31
  • Schists & Gneisses1
  • Sedimentary3
  • Sepentinite1
  • Serpentinite51
  • Serpentinite Breccia1
  • Shale1
  • Shaley limestone1
  • Silicified Wood9
  • Siltstone2
  • Siltstone/Slate6
  • Slag1
  • Slate118
  • Syenite7

T

  • Thames Gravels1
  • Tonalite1
  • Travertine40
  • Trondhjemite3
  • Tufa1
  • Tuff8
  • Tuff (Sandstone)1
  • Tuffite4

U

  • Unconsolidated sediment2

V

  • Various igneous and metamorphic rocks.1
  • Various lithologies2
  • Various lithologies.6
  • Various rock types1
  • Volcanic Breccia1
  • Volcanic Rocks1
  • Volcanic sandstone1
  • Volcaniclastic Dacite1

Y

  • York stone1

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