Tinnakilly Sandstone

Material:
Sandstone
Category:
Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
Colour:
Yellow to pale Green
Place of origin:
Tipperary, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Kiltorcan Formation
Geological Age:
Devonian, Upper Devonian
GSI Rock Unit Code:
KT
GSI Rock Unit Summary:
Coarse-grained white-yellow sandstone, mudflake conglomerate, red-yellow flaggy sandstone, green silty mudstone and green mudstone

Notes:

Wilkinson (1845, Table 2, no. 77) notes that the stone is "Ferruginous, cheilfly siliceous grains, traces of mica, and but little cement."

References

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