- Material:
- Limestone
- Category:
- Carbonate, Sedimentary
- Alternative name(s):
- Limerick Red Marble, Limerick Marble
- Colour:
- Red
- Colour variation:
- Variegated, Mottled
- Place of origin:
- Limerick, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Waulsortian Limestone
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous, Dinantian, Tournaisian-Lower Visean
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- WA
- Related Material (same rock unit):
- Carrigacrump Limestone, Clonmacnoise Marble, Clonony Marble, Cloonagh (Clonagh) Limestone, Cratloe (Crattloe) Limestone, Donoman (Dunnaman) Limestone, Howth Marble, Kilbreedy Limestone, Limerick Red Marble, Lismore Castle Limestone, Moneen Marble, Muckross Red Marble, Rathkeale (Commons) Limestone, Rynana (Rineanna) Limestone, Saleen Limestone, Shandon Limestone, Tralee Limestone, Tuogh Limestone, Waulsortian Limestone (undifferentiated), Whitechurch Limestone
Notes:
Kinahan noted that during the building of Adare Manor all the red beds in this quarry were extracted, but that subsequently some of the remaining lower grey limestones reddened over time. This was first recognised by George Fosberry Junior, Esq. Weak breccia texture, variegated, wackestone, calcite veining, crinoidal debris. Capable of receiving a polish.References
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