- Material:
- Sandstone
- Category:
- Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
- Colour:
- Greyish-fawn
- Grain/Crystal Size:
- Medium
- Place of origin:
- Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Carnmore Sandstone Member (Meenymore Formation)
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous, Dinantian, Asbian
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- MEce
- Context of Use:
- Building stone; millstones; shapening stones.
- Related Material (same rock unit):
- Eshnaglogh Mountain Sandstone
Notes:
A unit approximately 70m comprising a coarse-grained grey to pale brownish yellow sandstone with some pebbly horizons primarily of quartz and some of muscovite. The sandstone is poorly cemented by clay minerals and iron oxides (details from ASSI designation documentation 2012.
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