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45'
SANDSTONES cyn/(Hf/rrf.
Name of
"_c
^
o A
Quarrv, an.l
where situated.
Prorrietor of
Quarry.
Component Parts
of Stone.
Colour.
III
C
Hi
cl-H
Where used.
lb. nz. s. d. i. rf.
Gatton, Oat- Lord Mon- Fine siliceous Greenish
103 I
3.5 to 60 ft. 1 4
. .
Hampton Court
ton, Surrey. son. grains, with a light cube. to and Windsor
calcareo-si- brown. from 1 6 Castle, &c.
;
licecuis ce- 4 to 10 m.any
ment, contain- ft. long. churches in
ing green sili- Surrey
; Town
cate of iron Hall and
and plates of Almshouse
mica. Elstahlishment
at Croydon
;
and several
modern build-
ings in the pa-
rish of Gatton.
Olammis, F.arl of Siliceous grains Purple IGl 2 .\ny prac- 7 about Glammis Castle
Forl'arshire. Strath- of moderate grey. ticable to I'.l.s-. and Inver-
more's size ; cement size
; 1 per quharity
trustees. slightly cal-
careous ; mica
abundant in
planes of beds.
thickest
bed G It.
ton. Castle, sup-
posed of the
tenth century;
Cortachy
Castle ; and
in modern
buildings
;
Lendertis
House, &c.
Heddov, near Mrs. Be- Coarse quartz Light 130 11 Beds 4 to 6 1 8 Church at Hed-
Newcastle, wick, near grains, and de- brown 1-2 fr. to ti don, steeple.
Northum- Newcastle composed fel- ochre. thick. 10 2 17G4 ; Norman
berland. upon
Tyne.
spar, with an
argillo-sili-
ceous cement,
ferruginous
spots.
chancel ; co-
lumns of por-
tico to theatre,
and Grey Mo-
ntunent at
Newcastle
;
and nearly all
the buildings,
ancient and
modern, in
and about
Newcastle.
IIOLLIVOTON, Sir J. Gib- Quartz grains of Light 133 1 30 to 40 ft. 7 2 G Trentham Hall,
StaflTord- bons, moderate size, brown- squane. to Drayton Ma-
shire. Bart.,near
Staines,
iVIiddle-
sex.
with an argil-
lo-siliceous ce-
ment
; plates
of mica.
ish grey. and 8 ft.
thick.
1 nor, Heath
-
house, and
various public
and private
buildings iu
Staffordshire
;
Town Hall,
Derby
; Mear
Hall, irhe-
shire, ^c.
Hi'MniE, Karl of Fine quartz Pale grey White 90 cubic 1 2 6 Newliston
Ilumbie, Hope- grains, with and 140 3 ft. and to to House, Kirk-
I.inlitligow- toun. siliceous ce- light grey up- 1 10 3 2 liston
; Dun-
shire. ment
; .slightly
calcareous :
mica chiefly in
planes of beds.
brown. 13.5 13 wards,
if re-
quired
;
thickest
bed 8 ft.
das Castle
;
additions to
the Uoyal In-
stitution; front
of Surgeons'
Hall, spire of
Tron Church,
and various
other public
buildings in
Edinburgh
;
also in Glas-
gow.
LONC.ANNET, Trustees of Fine quartz Light fer- 131 11 4 to .5 tons; 8 1 8 Staadt House,
near Kin- late Lord grains, with rugin- thickest to to Amsterdam
;
cardine, in Keith. siliceous ce- ous beds 5 ft. 2 G 3 6 Exchange,
Perthshire. ment, contain-
ing oxide of
iron
; a few
plates of mica.
brown. Edinburgh
;
Tulle iMare
Caslle, Perth-
shire; and part
of a street io
Perth. 1

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