Dartry Limestone

Material:
Category:
Colour:
Dark grey
Grain/Crystal Size:
Fine
Place of origin:
Sligo, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Dartry Limestone Formation
Geological Age:
Carboniferous, Dinantian, Asbian
GSI Rock Unit Code:
DA
Context of Use:
Building stone
Related Material (same rock unit):
Ballyconnell Limestone, Carrowroe Limestone, Killycrin Limestone

Notes:

Thick-bedded, dark fine-grained siliceous limestone with abundant chert in bands and nodules (GSI Sheet 7 Memoir, 1996, p. 91)

References

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