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SN : A rectangular sheet of roofing material created by a man ABERDEEN GRANITE made process (eg. asbestos cement slate) and made to look UF : Rubislaw Granite like, and used in the same way as, natural slate. UF : Balmoral Granite BT : GRANITE ARTIFICIAL STONE SN : Medium grained, dark bluish-grey stone. Quarried mainly UF : Bradstone from the Rubislaw Quarry. UF : Empire Stone UF : Imitation Stone Adamelite BT : MAN MADE MATERIAL USE : SHAP GRANITE NT : COADE STONE NT : PULHAMITE STONE ALABASTER RT : SCAGLIOLA BT : STONE RT : STONE RT : MARBLE SN : Synthetically manufactured stone made from natural SN : Fine grained, whitish, granular variety of Gypsum. stone aggregate or reconstituted ceramics or clay, and made Suitable for carving. to appear natural. Used as solid stone for masonry or for sculptural and architectural ornament. Alps Grey Granite ARTIFICIAL TIMBER USE : GNEISS BT : MAN MADE MATERIAL Alta Quartzite SN : Synthetic fibres and reconstituted materials imitating, or in the form of, timber created by a man-made process. Use USE : SCHIST carefully - do not confuse with mock and sham timber work. Altazite ASBESTOS USE : SCHIST UF : Asbestos Slate UF : Corrugated Asbestos ALUMINIUM BT : MAN MADE MATERIAL UF : Corrugated Aluminium SN : A mineral crystal of thin, tough fibres which can BT : METAL be woven. Used for high temperature insulation or as NT : ANODIZED ALUMINIUM reinforcement in asbestos cement building board and SN : Lightweight, strong metal with good corrosive resistance, corrugated roofing. If used to imitate slate, use artificial slate normally used as an alloy. also. Amberley Stone Asbestos Slate USE : CHALK USE : ASBESTOS Ammonite Asbestos Slate USE : FOSSIL USE : ARTIFICIAL SLATE Ancaster Stone Ashburton Marble USE : LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE USE : DEVONIAN LIMESTONE ANIMAL Ashburton Marble NT : BONE USE : MARBLE NT : FOSSIL NT : LEATHER ASHLAR NT : SHELL BT : MATERIAL <BY FORM> SN : Pertaining to or deriving from a living organism. See SN : A square, hewn or worked, high class freestone which ANIMAL Class list for narrow terms. can be 'freely' cut and is laid in horizontal courses with vertical joints. ANODIZED ALUMINIUM BT : ALUMINIUM ASPHALT SN : Aluminium coated by a protective film of oxides created BT : BITUMEN by electrolysis. SN : Solid or viscous bituminous pitch of natural occurrence,or produced from petroleum mixed with sand Anston Stone or other aggregate filler, for use in roads or as a covering USE : MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE material Arabescato Marble Auchinlea Stone USE : CARRARA MARBLE USE : SANDSTONE ARTIFICIAL SLATE Australian Marble UF : Asbestos Slate USE : MARBLE BT : MATERIAL <BY FORM> BAKELITE BT : PLASTIC USE : GRANITE SN : Thermosetting plastic commonly used for its properties of electrical insulation. BEER STONE BT : CHALK Ballachulish Slate SN : Coarse, hard Chalkstone, light grey to white coloured, USE : SCOTTISH SLATE containing shell fragments. Balmoral Granite BEMBRIDGE LIMESTONE USE : ABERDEEN GRANITE UF : Quarr Stone UF : Bembridge Stone BAMBOO UF : Binstead Stone BT : WOOD UF : Isle Of Wight Stone SN : Tropical giant grass with hollow stem used structurally or BT : TERTIARY LIMESTONE as a covering material. SN : Generic name for the hard, white/cream coloured, freshwater limestone. Quarried on the Isle of Wight. Bardiglio Marble USE : CARRARA MARBLE Bembridge Stone USE : BEMBRIDGE LIMESTONE BARGATE STONE UF : Burgate Stone Berwyn Slate BT : SANDSTONE USE : WELSH SLATE SN : Hard, coarse grained, calcareous sandstone, coloured by iron oxide. Quarried in the Guildford and Godalming area Bethersden Marble of the South East. USE : MARBLE Barge Quartzite Bethersden Marble USE : SCHIST USE : CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE Barnack Stone Binstead Stone USE : LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE USE : BEMBRIDGE LIMESTONE BASALT Biotite Granite UF : Volcanic Stone USE : GRANITE UF : Volcanic Trap UF : Hurdwick Stone Birchover Stone UF : Killerton Stone USE : GRITSTONE (SANDSTONE) BT : STONE RT : GREENSTONE Birshover Gritstone RT : RHYOLITE USE : GRITSTONE (SANDSTONE) RT : SERPENTINE RT : WHINSTONE BITUMEN SN : Basic, black coloured, fine grained, igneous rock. BT : MAN MADE MATERIAL Basebed NT : ASPHALT NT : TAR USE : PORTLAND STONE NT : TARMACADAM SN : A semi solid mixture of complex hydrocarbons derived Base Bed from coal or petroleum. Used as a waterproof binder or USE : PORTLAND STONE protective coating. BATH STONE BITUMINOUS FELT UF : Monks Park Stone UF : Roofing Felt UF : St Aldhelm Stone BT : MAN MADE MATERIAL UF : Stoke Ground Stone SN : A material made of felted fibres bonded by bitumen. UF : Westwood Stone Often used as a roofing material. UF : Winsley Ground UF : Box Ground Black Granite UF : Box Rubblestone USE : DIORITE UF : Bradford Stone UF : Combe Down Stone Bladon Cotswold Stone UF : Corsham Stone UF : Hartham Park Stone USE : COTSWOLD STONE UF : Hazlebury Stone BT : OOLITIC LIMESTONE Blaxter Stone SN : Even grained, poorly fossiliferous, light brown/cream USE : SANDSTONE coloured, oolitic limestone. Quarried in the Bath area. Bletchingdon Marble Battscombe Stone USE : MARBLE USE : CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE Bletchingdon Marble Baveno Granite USE : JURASSIC LIMESTONE RT : CONGLOMERATE Blue Grey Slate RT : PUDDINGSTONE USE : WELSH SLATE SN : Sedimentary rock consisting of angular fragments naturally cemented together. BLUE LIAS BT : LIAS Breche Rose NT : KEINTON STONE USE : MARBLE SN : Hard white/grey coloured liassic limestone. Quarried on the Devon-Dorset border. BREEZE BLOCK UF : Thermalite Blue Peterhead Granite BT : CONCRETE USE : PETERHEAD GRANITE RT : RESIDUE SN : Lightweight building block traditionally made with coke Bluestone breeze from gas works combined with sand and cement. Use USE : WEST COUNTRY SLATE this term generally to denote a light, modern concrete building block with man made characteristics. Blue Welsh Slate BRICK USE : WELSH SLATE UF : Malm (Brick) Bognor Rock UF : Ruabon Brick UF : Staffordshire Blue Brick USE : SUSSEX STONE UF : Vitrified Brick UF : Fletton Brick Bolsover Moor UF : Flint Lime Brick USE : MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE BT : MATERIAL <BY FORM> NT : ENGINEERING BRICK Bolton Wood Stone RT : CLAY USE : YORK STONE RT : MATHEMATICAL TILE RT : PEAT Bon Accord Red Granite SN : Standard rectangular block or tablet bonded on mortar USE : GRANITE joints in a regular arrangement or pattern for strength or decoration. Made from clay or brick earth which may contain BONE varying quantities of chalk, lime or iron oxide which effect BT : ANIMAL colour or density. SN : Any of the pieces of hard tissue consisting largely of calcium phosphate that make up the skeleton of a vertebrate BRICKEARTH animal. BT : EARTH MIX SN : An unconsolidated geological deposit sometimes iused Borrowdale Slate as a bonding material in stone walls. USE : LAKE DISTRICT SLATE Britannia Stone Box Ground USE : SANDSTONE USE : BATH STONE BRONZE Box Rubblestone BT : METAL USE : BATH STONE RT : COPPER RT : TIN Bradford Stone SN : Hard, corrosive resistant alloy of copper and tin. USE : BATH STONE Broughton Moor Slate Bradstone USE : LAKE DISTRICT SLATE USE : ARTIFICIAL STONE BUNGAROOSH Bramley Fall Stone UF : Bungeroosh BT : CEMENT MIX USE : SANDSTONE SN : Composed of a wide variety of substances and materials such as whole or broken bricks, cobblestones, flints, pebbles Brandon Hill Grit Rubble and sand which are set into hydraulic lime. Used most often USE : CONGLOMERATE to form external walls and is commonly found in the Brighton/ Lewes region. BRASS BT : METAL Bungeroosh SN : Easily formed metal alloy composed of copper and zinc. USE : BUNGAROOSH Brathay Slate Bunter Stone USE : LAKE DISTRICT SLATE USE : SANDSTONE BRECCIA Burgate Stone BT : STONE USE : BARGATE STONE RT : HERTFORDSHIRE PUDDINGSTONE UF : Hadene Stone Burlington Blue Grey UF : Hoptons Wood Stone USE : LAKE DISTRICT SLATE BT : LIMESTONE RT : MARBLE Burlington Slate RT : SANDSTONE USE : LAKE DISTRICT SLATE RT : SHALE SN : Limestones formed during the Carboniferous period. Bursting Stone Many are cut, polished and used as marble. USE : LAKE DISTRICT SLATE Cardeston Stone Burwell Stone USE : SANDSTONE USE : CLUNCH CARRARA MARBLE Buttermere Slate UF : Pavonazzo UF : Cipollino Marble USE : LAKE DISTRICT SLATE UF : Arabescato Marble UF : Bardiglio Marble CAEN STONE BT : MARBLE BT : CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE SN : Imported Italian marble varying in colour from green, SN : Fine grained limestone, yellow or yellow/white in colour. blue, purple to white. Imported from France, mainly for ecclesiastical use. CARSTONE Caerbwdy Stone UF : Car Stone USE : SANDSTONE UF : Ginger Bread Stone BT : SANDSTONE Caithness Flagstone RT : IRONSTONE USE : SANDSTONE SN : Coarse hard sandstone often coloured with iron oxide creating its characteristic brown shades. Calcareous Spar USE : LIMESTONE Car Stone USE : CARSTONE Calverley Stone USE : SUSSEX STONE Cary Stone USE : OOLITIC LIMESTONE CAMPAN MARBLE UF : Campan Melange Casterton Stone UF : Campan Rose USE : LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE UF : Campan Vert BT : MARBLE CAST IRON SN : White coloured marble. Imported from France. BT : IRON SN : Dating from the 15th century, it is a hard alloy of iron and Campan Melange carbon, melted and shaped into various moulded forms. USE : CAMPAN MARBLE Catacleuse Campan Rose USE : ELVAN USE : CAMPAN MARBLE CEDAR Campan Vert BT : WOOD USE : CAMPAN MARBLE SN : Durable wood from a non-native, evergreen conifer. Campden Stone CEMENT USE : OOLITIC LIMESTONE UF : Whitby Cement UF : Cement Render CANVAS UF : Cement Tile BT : MATERIAL <BY FORM> BT : CEMENT MIX SN : An unbleached cloth of hemp, flax