- Material:
- Limestone
- Category:
- Carbonate, Sedimentary
- Alternative name(s):
- Colour:
- Purple
- Colour variation:
- Grain/Crystal Size:
- Place of origin:
- Down, Northern Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Castle Espie Limestone Formation
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous
- Fossils:
- cephalopods
Notes:
Highly fossiliferous, noted for the large nautiloid cephalopod Rayonnoceras. Specimens in TCD. Used for headstones, early example dating from 1720 in Comber churchyard.References
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