Cork Red Marble (Buttevant)

Material:
Conglomerate
Category:
Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
Colour:
Red, White
Colour variation:
Variegated, Mottled, Veined, Stylolitic
Grain/Crystal Size:
Coarse
Place of origin:
Cork, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Johnstown Red Marble Formation
Geological Age:
Carboniferous, Dinantian, Chadian
GSI Rock Unit Code:
JM
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 (Churchtown), Cork Red Marble (Fermoy)

Notes:

See Cork Red Marble for a description of this stone.

References

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