Tuogh Limestone

Material:
Limestone
Category:
Carbonate, Sedimentary
Alternative name(s):
Limerick Marble
Colour:
Grey
Colour variation:
Mottled
Grain/Crystal Size:
Fine
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, Clorane (Clorhane) 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, Waulsortian Limestone (undifferentiated), Whitechurch Limestone

Notes:

Packstone, rich in crinoidal debris, capable of receiving a polish

References

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