- Material:
- Sandstone
- Category:
- Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
- Colour:
- Whitish, brownish-Yellow
- Place of origin:
- Leitrim, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Finnalaghta Formation
- Geological Age:
- Ordovician, Caradoc
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- FA
- Context of Use:
- Local building stone.
Notes:
Calcareous sandstone. Whitish, clean, even-grained, quartzose, thick-bedded, irregularly jointed. Can be raised in large blocks, dresses well but is hard to work. Not extensively used as a building stone (Kinahan 1889, p. 277).References
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