Mansfield Red Sandstone

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A fine to medium-grained dolomitic sandstone composed of small angular sand grains which are cemented together with iron oxide. These sandstones were deposited in terrestrial, arid environments probably as dune sands, and beds which were horizontal may have internal laminations called cross-stratification arranged at low angles to this primary bedding. This stone became popular with Victorian architects striving for a polychromatic effect, and major resources were located in Nottinghamshire and Cheshire, England which yielded pale red stone, and Dumfries, Scotland from where a deeper purple coloured stone was quarried.