Small Stones

These are small hand held stones.

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ELY: Birthstone
Rock: Greywackie/sandstone, Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) glacial dervived beach stone.
Source: Waterville beach, Co. Kerry.

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Waterville 1: handstone
Rock: Greywackie/sandstone, Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) glacial dervived beach stone.
Source: Waterville beach, Co. Kerry.

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Pebblehead: handstone
Rock: Limestone, Carboniferous, Alluvial (river) stone.
Source: Drainage Stone, Kilcarrig Quarries probably from Goresbridge pit.

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Coral Form: handstone
Rock: Limestone, Carboniferous, with fossil coral.
Source: Roadway (Crushed aggregate , Kilcarrig Quarries probably from Killcarrig quarry, Bagenalstown.

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Kiddnappers: handstone
Rock: Mudstone .
Source: Cape Kiddnappers, Hawkesbay, New Zealand.

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Weathered:
Rock: Unknown, probably igneous/metamorphic, glacial weathered cobble.
Source: Raheenkyle, Borris Co. Carlow

One Response to “Small Stones”

  1. Suzanne Says:

    March 10, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Thrilled to see your work and site – well done its fabulous and inspiring! Saw the gourd in the raw – commissions?? Best of luck with it all. Great to see dreams coming true!
    Suzanne

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