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  2. Kentish ragstone - Wikipedia

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    Kentish ragstone is a hard grey limestone in Kent, England, drawn from the geological sequence known as the Hythe Beds of the Lower Greensand. For millennia it has been quarried for use both locally and further afield.

  3. List of types of limestone - Wikipedia

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    Carboniferous Limestone Limestone deposited during the Dinantian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period; Coquina – Sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of fragments of shells; Coral rag – Limestone composed of ancient coral reef material; Chalk – Soft carbonate rock; Fossiliferous limestone Limestone containing fossils

  4. List of vineyard soil types - Wikipedia

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    Lignite – Soil type used as fertilizer in Germany and Champagne. It is a brown-colored carbonaceous soil that is intermediate between peat and coal. Limestone – Sediment-based soil consisting of carbonates. The most common colored limestone found in wine-producing area is buff-gray in color (with the exception of white chalk).

  5. Limestone habitats under threat, new study finds - AOL

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    Limestone pavements, and the unique plants and wildlife they provide a habitat for, are under threat in Lancashire, a new study has found. Lancaster University has repeated a study, which was ...

  6. Batts Combe quarry - Wikipedia

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    The limestone at this site is close to 99% carbonate of calcium and magnesium . [1] In former years it was a major supplier of limestone for railway track ballast purposes. A lime-burning kiln at the site was closed for a while in 2006 after testing showed quicklime dust was escaping into the atmosphere. The kiln, which produced 200,000 tonnes ...

  7. Horton Quarry - Wikipedia

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    Horton Quarry is a limestone quarry near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The quarry, which is some 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Settle, has been operating since at least 1889, and produces limestone for a variety of purposes. Stone used to be exported from the quarry by rail, but now leaves by lorry, although there are plans to ...