- Material:
- Sandstone
- Category:
- Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
- Colour:
- Yellow
- Grain/Crystal Size:
- Medium
- Place of origin:
- Offaly, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Cloghan Sandstone Formation
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous, Dinantian, Courceyan
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- CO
- Context of Use:
- Sandstone for building and carved features
Notes:
A unit whose upper part comprises 'a fine to medium-grained calcareous sandstone with occasional thin shelly limestone containing crinoids' (Gatley et al. 2005). The sandstone was deposited in a tidal affected shallow marine environment. At Cloghan the unit is 30-35m thick (Feehan 2013, p. 84).References
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