Hull Geological Society

Common urban rocks -

These are rock types that can be seen in and around Hull

Ancaster Stone

Basalt,

Bricks

Carara Marble

Carboniferous Limestone

Chalk

Cobbles

Dolerite

Gabbro

Gneiss

Granites

"Granite and Marble"

Grey Igneous Rocks

Larvikite and Lardolite

Magnesian Limestone

Oolitic limestone

Portland Stone

Shap Granite

Slate

Tilberthwaite Tuff

Tufa

York Stone

further information -

geological glossary

geology beneath Hull

A geological timescale

memorial symbolism

War Graves

The Rock Cycle

more urban geology in Hull

note - There is a white scale card used on the close up pictures of the rock types – the scale is in millimetres and centimetres; the whole card measures about 85 x 60 mm (slightly bigger than a credit card).

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