| P number: | P576315 |
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| Caption: | Marble specimen. Pool Vaash, I. If Man. Poolvash Quarries, Isle of Man. |
| Description: | Label name: Pool Vaash, Isle of Man. Alternative name: Poolvash Black. Specimen description: Uniform black with some grey fossils present. Text from: Watson, J. British and foreign marbles and other ornamental stones. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. 58 POOLVASH BLACK. Poolvash Quarries, Isle of Man. Above the Castletown beds, and often forming knolls, is the Poolvash Limestone, which is generally known as the Black Marble of Poolvash. This rock occurs in the Posidonomya beds, but the fossils are not abundant. The rock varies in texture, in some parts it is extremely hard and capable of taking a good polish, in others it is softer and does not admit of a fine finish. The specimen is an example of the soft variety, and it will be seen that the polished surface is not very excellent. It is sometimes covered with black varnish after being smoothed, and in this way utilized for decorative work. The quarries have been worked for a great number of years. The steps of St Paul's Cathedral, London (1668-1710), were composed of Poolvash Black Marble, a gift of Thomas Wilson, then Bishop of Sodor and Man. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/2004 |
| Photographer: | McIntyre, B.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | The marble is from the Walter Brown Collection, Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club. |
| Orientation: | Square |
| Size: | 238.66 KB; 1000 x 1000 pixels; 85 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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