• Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone found in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England. It is a variety of Purbeck stone...
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    Purbeck, with both Purbeck Ball Clay and limestones being transported from the area by road. There are now no functioning quarries of Purbeck Marble....
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  • Group, found on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset in southern England. The best known variety of this stone is Purbeck Marble. The stone has been quarried...
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    floors in Europe for the use of dark Purbeck-marble trays, forming bold borders, instead of the more typical white marble. The pavement influenced later floor...
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    Black Marble Cotham Marble Dent Marble Frosterley Marble Purbeck Marble Sussex Marble Iona marble Cockeysville marble Creole marble Etowah marble Murphy...
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    Forest, Winspit, Wytch Farm Purbeck Marble Purbeck Ball Clay - Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum List of churches in Purbeck Purbeck District Council elections...
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    gastropods and viviparus winkles, similar to but larger than those making Purbeck Marble. There are a number of fonts made from this material and it was also...
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  • Dorset Purbeck stone Purbeck Marble, a stone found on the Isle of Purbeck Purbeck Ball Clay, a ball clay found on the Isle of Purbeck Purbeck Group, a...
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    and Lower. The Upper Purbeck comprises 50 to 60 ft (15 to 18 m). of fresh-water clays and shales with limestones, the Purbeck marble and Unio-bed, in the...
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  • gastropods and viviparus winkles, similar to but larger than those making Purbeck Marble. The pale calcified remains of the shells are in a matrix of darker...
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