- Cockercombe tuff
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Cockercombe Tuff is a greenish-grey, hard pyroclastic rock, formed by the compression of volcanic ash containing high quantities of chlorite, which gives it its distinctive colour.[1] It is found almost exclusively in the south-eastern end of the Quantock Hills[2] near Cockercombe, Somerset, England from where it has been quarried for centuries.
Quantock Lodge is built from Cockercombe tuff.[3][4]
References
- ^ Prudden, Hugh. "Somerset building stone guide" (PDF). Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. p. 4. http://www.sanhs.org/Proc%20Building%20stone.pdf. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ Brenchley, P.J.; Peter Franklin Rawson (2006). The geology of England and Wales. Geological Society. pp. 242. ISBN 9781862392007. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-6gqvAbdS-MC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=Cockercombe+tuff&source=bl&ots=cxwPUpYn-6&sig=-ldUtSQ0-mJlIPEEewuVo3rmEJ4&hl=en&ei=hlQhTqznM4OGhQex-5zOAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBQ.
- ^ "Over Stowey Parish Design Statement" (PDF). Sedgemoor District Council. http://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3407&p=0. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Strategic Stone Study: A Building Stone Atlas of Somerset and Exmoor" (PDF). English Heritage. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=1619. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
Categories:- Igneous rocks
- Stone
- Building materials
- Geology of Somerset
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