Scottish Felsite

Scottish Felsite has been sourced from quarries and quarry clusters in several different parts of Scotland. The stone comes from dykes and other small intrusions that formed at different times in the geological history of Scotland. The stone was not affected by the Caledonian Orogeny (i.e. it is not deformed). Scottish Felsite was probably used locally, mainly to form masonry. Scottish Felsite is not quarried for building stone today.

Building Stone ID 10,173

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Geological description

Rock category  
Igneous rock
Stone type  
Felsite
Source bedrock unit  
Unnamed intrusions of undeformed felsite and microgranitic-rock, of any age
Colour  
Grain-size  
Not available
Cohesion  
Not available
Water absorption  
Not available
Key constituents  
Not available
Texture  
Not available

Historic significance

Maximum historical geographic reach  
Local (score = 1)
Extent of historic building stone quarrying  
Most extensive (score = 4)
Historic significance score  
Highly significant (score = 5)

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