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Not sure, Bushdoctor! It looks like it has cleavage planes in the side photos, and one of the features of laminated marble is the presence of cleavage planes. However, the only other laminated...

Vasilis - one of the confusing things about 'marble' is the blanket-use of the term - not all stone called marble is true marble. The word, after all, stems from the greek word that meas glittering...

Exactly - which is precisely why I mentioned this issue twice.

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Neil

Fiddich honestone, eh! :) My one link with the area is Glenfiddich (the river gives it it's name) but I use that more as a lubricant...

There are a number of quartz and slate quarries there,...