Cork Red Marble (Midleton)

Material:: Conglomerate
Category:: Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
Alternative name(s):: Midleton Red
Colour:: Red, White
Colour variation:: Variegated, Mottled, Veined, Stylolitic
Grain/Crystal Size:: Coarse
Place of origin:: Cork, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:: Cork Red Marble Formation
Geological Age:: Carboniferous, Dinantian, Chadian
GSI Rock Unit Code:: CK
GSI Rock Unit Summary:: Cream, pink and red calcilutite limestones and pseudo-breccias in a red mudstone matrix.
Context of Use:: Mainly decorative as polished stone in architectural elements (usually internal).

Part of:

Cork Red Marble

Related Material (same rock unit):: Cork Red Marble, Cork Red Marble (Boreenmanagh), Cork Red Marble (Little Island)

Notes:

See Cork Red Marble for a description of this stone.

Christ Church Cathedral pulpit (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral pulpit (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral pulpit, Cork Red Marble, Connemara Marble

Christ Church Cathedral pulpit, Cork Red Marble, Connemara Marble

Christ Church Cathedral pulpit, Connemara Marble, Cork Red Marble, Galway Black Mable

Christ Church Cathedral, nave and choir screen (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, choir screen

Christ Church Cathedral, Choir Screen, Cork Red Marble, Clonowen Marble (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Choir Screen, Cork Red Marble, Clonowen Marble (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Choir Screen, Cork Red Marble, Clonowen Marble (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Choir Screen, Cork Red Marble, Clonowen Marble (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, sanctuary steps (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, sanctuary steps (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, sanctuary steps (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Baptistry (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Baptistry (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Baptistry (Photo courtesy of Andy Sheridan Photography. ©️ Andy Sheridan Photography.)

Christ Church Cathedral, Baptismal font, Carrara Mable, Connemara Marble, Siena Marble, Cork Red Marble inlay, Rooska Marble quatrefoil decoration.

Christ Church Cathedral, Baptismal font, Carrara Mable, Connemara Marble, Siena Marble, Cork Red Marble inlay, Rooska Marble quatrefoil decoration.

Christ Church Cathedral, Baptismal font, Cork Red Marble colonnette shaft (center)

References

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