- Material:
- Slate
- Category:
- Metasedimentary, Metamorphic
- Colour:
- Purple
- Colour variation:
- Uniform
- Grain/Crystal Size:
- Fine
- Place of origin:
- Kerry, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Valentia Slate Formation
- Geological Age:
- Devonian, Middle Devonian, Eifelian
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- VS
- GSI Rock Unit Summary:
- Purple - green siltstones and sandstones and green quartzitic sandstones,.
Notes:
Purple slate quarried largely as slabs. Used in the past for shelving, billiard tables and garden seats and now largely for memorials. Carving and lettering cut into the stone retains its sharpness.
References
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