- Material:
- Granite
- Category:
- Plutonic, Igneous
- Colour:
- Pink to Orange
- Grain/Crystal Size:
- Porphyritic
- Place of origin:
- Wexford, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Carnsore Granite
- Geological Age:
- Silurian
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- Cs
- GSI Rock Unit Summary:
- Pink, biotite-bearing and sparsely porphyritic granite with xenoliths
- Context of Use:
- Decorative building stone
Notes:
A coarse pink to orange coloured granite containing large phenocrysts of felspar, often orientated, and dark xenoliths that form irregular belbs in the stone. Intruded in the late-Silurian during the Caledonian Orogeny.References
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