Stone types
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A list of stone types used in the UK.
- andesite
- argillite - slate
- Ashlar is style of stonelaying rather than a type of stone
- Bargate - a yellow type of sandstone
- basalt
- bluestone
- breccia
- brownstone
- clunch
- conglomerate
- coquina
- coral
- dacite
- diabase
- diorite
- dolomite
- flint
- gabbro
- gneiss
- granite
- granodiorite
- greenstone
- labradorite
- limestone
- marble
- melaphyre
- pitchstone
- pumice
- pyrophyllite
- quartz
- quartzite
- sandstone
- schist
- serpentine - source of asbestos
- shellstone
- slate - aka argillite
- soapstone
- syenite
- travertine
- tuff
See Also
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