Carrigacrump Limestone

Material:
Limestone
Category:
Carbonate, Sedimentary
Colour:
Dark Grey
Grain/Crystal Size:
Fine
Place of origin:
Cork, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Waulsortian Limestone
Geological Age:
Carboniferous, Dinantian, Tournaisian-Lower Visean
GSI Rock Unit Code:
WA
Related Material (same rock unit):
Clonmacnoise Marble, Clonony Marble, Cloonagh (Clonagh) Limestone, Clorane (Clorhane) Limestone, Cratloe (Crattloe) Limestone, Donoman (Dunnaman) Limestone, Howth Marble, Kilbreedy Limestone, Limerick Red Marble, Lismore Castle Limestone, Moneen Marble, Muckross Red Marble, Rathkeale (Commons) Limestone, Rynana (Rineanna) Limestone, Saleen Limestone, Shandon Limestone, Tralee Limestone, Tuogh Limestone, Waulsortian Limestone (undifferentiated), Whitechurch Limestone

Notes:

Similar to Beaumont Dove Limestone from Ballintemple, but darker. Can be raised in very large blocks.

References

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