- Material:
- Limestone
- Category:
- Carbonate, Sedimentary
- Alternative name(s):
- Colour:
- Light to dark Grey
- Place of origin:
- Galway, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Visean Limestone
- Geological Age:
- Visean, Mississippian, Carboniferous
- Fossils:
- crinoids
Notes:
A pale to dark grey, close-grained, crystalline, hard stone composed of broken crinoid stems. Takes a good polish and was worked as a marble. Can be raised in large blocks and was used extensively in Dublin for cut stone purposes. Similar to the stone quarried at Shannon Bridge and Clonmacnoise.References
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