Chapelstown Limestone

Example of the stone type

Material:: Limestone
Category:: Carbonate, Sedimentary
Colour:: Dark Grey
Grain/Crystal Size:: Fine
Place of origin:: Carlow, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:: Ballysteen Formation
Geological Age:: Carboniferous, Dinantian, Courceyan
GSI Rock Unit Code:: BA

Related Material (same rock unit):: Ballyellin Limestone, Ballytarsna Limestone, Clonowen Marble, Lewagh Limestone, Mount St Joseph Limestone, Mountmellick Limestone, Pallaskenry Marble

Notes:

With infilled calcitic/dolomitic vugs

Chapelstown Limestone and Graiguenaspidogue Granite exterior, Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, Carlow

Chapelstown Limestone detail, Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, Carlow

Chapelstown Limestone, Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, Carlow

Chapelstown Limestone detail, Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, Carlow

Chapelstown Limestone wall, Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, Carlow

References

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