| P number: | P576351 |
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| Caption: | Marble specimen. Dark Birds Eye, Devon. Netler Dale Quarries, Derbyshire. |
| Description: | Label name: Dark Birds Eye, Devon. Alternative name: Bird's Eye. Specimen description: Light to dark grey containing many small grey fossil fragments. Text from: Watson, J. British and foreign marbles and other ornamental stones. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. 6 BIRD'S EYE. Netler Dale Quarries, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire. This is a compact rock, belonging to the Carboniferous Limestone series. It takes a high polish. The colour varies from a dark grey to a medium brown, interspersed with grey crinoidal fragments, the sections of which sometimes resemble a bird's eye, hence the name. There are also a few shells present. Locally it is popular as a decorative stone, and numerous instances of its use may also be seen in London. The bases and capitals of the columns in the entrance hall of the New Sessions House (1907) are composed of it. The slab supporting Prince Arthur's tomb in Worcester Cathedral is another example. The floor of the Lady Chapel in Worcester Cathedral is composed of Derbyshire Bird's Eye, together with Sicilian Marble laid in a geometrical pattern. |
| 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: | 271.36 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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