Ballyellin Limestone

Material:
Limestone
Category:
Carbonate, Sedimentary
Colour:
Dark grey
Grain/Crystal Size:
Fine
Place of origin:
Carlow, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Ballysteen Formation
Geological Age:
Carboniferous, Dinantian, Courceyan
GSI Rock Unit Code:
BA
Related Material (same rock unit):
Ballytarsna Limestone, Chapelstown Limestone, Clonowen Marble, Lewagh Limestone, Mount St Joseph Limestone, Mountmellick Limestone, Pallaskenry Marble

Notes:

A dark muddy limestone with some shale horizons

References

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