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Purbeck Marble, the Glossary

Index Purbeck Marble

Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone found in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 50 relations: Berriasian, Beverley Minster, Bronze Age, Canterbury Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, Cist, Dorset, Durlston Formation, Early Cretaceous, Ely Cathedral, Emily Young, Epigraphy, Exeter Cathedral, Folk classification, Fossiliferous limestone, Glauconite, Hematite, Isle of Purbeck, King's Table, Kingston, Purbeck, Langton Matravers, Limonite, Lincoln Cathedral, Llandaff Cathedral, Marble, Masonry veneer, Metamorphic rock, Middle Ages, Molding (decorative), Mortar and pestle, Norwich Cathedral, Outcrop, Peninsula, Peveril Point, Purbeck Group, Purbeck stone, Quarry, Roman Britain, Romano-British culture, Rudite, Salisbury Cathedral, Sea level rise, Southwark Cathedral, Stratigraphy, Stratum, Sussex Marble, Temple Church, Viviparus, Westminster Abbey, Worbarrow Tout.

  2. Geology of Dorset

Berriasian

In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous.

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Beverley Minster

Beverley Minster, otherwise known as the Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral, formally Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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Chichester Cathedral

Chichester Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester.

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Cist

In archeology, a cist (also kist; from κίστη, Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) or cist grave is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Durlston Formation

The Durlston Formation is a geologic formation in England.

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Emily Young

Emily Young FRBS (born 1951) is a sculptor, who has been called "Britain's greatest living stone sculptor".

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Epigraphy

Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.

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Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England.

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Folk classification

The Folk classification, in geology, is a technical descriptive classification of sedimentary rocks devised by Robert L. Folk, an influential sedimentary petrologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas.

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Fossiliferous limestone

Fossiliferous limestone is a type of limestone that contains noticeable quantities of fossils or fossil traces. Purbeck Marble and Fossiliferous limestone are limestone.

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Glauconite

Glauconite is an iron potassium phyllosilicate (mica group) mineral of characteristic green color which is very friable and has very low weathering resistance.

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Hematite

Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils.

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Isle of Purbeck

The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset, England.

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King's Table

The King’s Table was a carved stone table that was a symbol of royal power in England.

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Kingston, Purbeck

Kingston is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in southern England.

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Langton Matravers

Langton Matravers is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. Purbeck Marble and Langton Matravers are isle of Purbeck.

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Limonite

Limonite is an iron ore consisting of a mixture of hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxides in varying composition.

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Lincoln Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England.

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Llandaff Cathedral

Llandaff Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf) is an Anglican cathedral and parish church in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. Purbeck Marble and Marble are limestone.

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Masonry veneer

Masonry veneer walls consist of a single non-structural external layer of masonry, typically made of brick, stone or manufactured stone.

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Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Molding (decorative)

Moulding (British English), or molding (American English), also coving (in United Kingdom, Australia), is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration.

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Mortar and pestle

A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy.

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Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Outcrop

An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth and other terrestrial planets.

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Peninsula

A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.

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Peveril Point

Peveril Point is a headland on the east-facing coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. Purbeck Marble and Peveril Point are isle of Purbeck.

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Purbeck Group

The Purbeck Group is an Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in south-east England. Purbeck Marble and Purbeck Group are geology of Dorset.

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Purbeck stone

Purbeck stone refers to building stone taken from a series of limestone beds found in the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Group, found on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset in southern England. Purbeck Marble and Purbeck stone are building stone, geology of Dorset, isle of Purbeck and limestone.

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Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Romano-British culture

The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia.

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Rudite

Rudite is a general name used for a sedimentary rock composed of rounded or angular detrital grains, i.e. granules, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders, which are coarser than sand in size.

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Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England.

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Sea level rise

Between 1901 and 2018, the average sea level rise was, with an increase of per year since the 1970s.

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Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies near the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.

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Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification).

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Stratum

In geology and related fields, a stratum (strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as either bedding surfaces or bedding planes.

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Sussex Marble

Sussex Marble is a fossiliferous freshwater limestone material which is prevalent in the Weald Clay of parts of Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex in southeast England. Purbeck Marble and Sussex Marble are building stone and limestone.

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Temple Church

The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar for their English headquarters in the Temple precinct.

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Viviparus

Viviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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Worbarrow Tout

Worbarrow Tout is a promontory at the eastern end of Worbarrow Bay on Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on the south coast of England, about south of Wareham and about west of Swanage. Purbeck Marble and Worbarrow Tout are isle of Purbeck.

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See also

Geology of Dorset

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purbeck_Marble

Also known as Purbeck Limestone.