- Material:
- Sandstone
- Category:
- Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
- Colour:
- Cream to Yellow
- Colour variation:
- Uniform
- Grain/Crystal Size:
- Medium
- Place of origin:
- Donegal, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Mullaghmore Sandstone Formation
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- MU
- Context of Use:
- Building
- Related Material (same rock unit):
- Altito Sandstone
Notes:
A richly-coloured yellow, sedimentary, fine-grained rock which was used as dimension stone and for ornamental sculpture. Part of the Mullaghmore Sandstone Formation, which consists of sandstones, siltstones and shales. This sandstone is a feldspathic grit, which was derived from a durable granite, thus resulting in what was considered to be a superior sandstone in terms of weathering. However, this was not the case in the National Library on Kildare Street in Dublin, which was faced with this sandstone in 1890 but had to be replaced with grey Ardbraccan Limestone from Co. Meath in the 1960s due to deterioration. The sandstone decayed due to the breakdown of the ferrous cement that bonded the sand grains together.
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