- Material:
- Sandstone
- Category:
- Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
- Alternative name(s):
- Colour:
- Yellow
- Colour variation:
- Place of origin:
- Donegal, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Mullaghmore Sandstone Formation
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- MU
- Related Material (same rock unit):
- Mountcharles Sandstone
Notes:
A dirty yellow coloured sandstone varying from granular to conglomeritic. It is quartz-rich, semi-crystalline and hard with a felspathic cement. It was used to make millstones, flax crushers and kerb stones, as well as building stone. This stone was sourced 3 miles from Donegal.References
4358386
altito_sandstone
1
apa-annotated-bibliography
50
default
4753
https://stonebuiltireland.com/wp-content/plugins/zotpress/