Talk:Purbeck Marble

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I would like to see some changes to this entry but as they involve inter-related corrections of fact, I'd rather explain first what I think is needed. These are the main points:

(1) The terms "Purbeck Stone" and "Purbeck Limestone" include other materials besides Purbeck Marble.

(2) Purbeck Marble is a shelly limestone, not even "partly" metamorphic.

(3) Purbeck Marble, and other Purbeck limestones, were also worked in the Romano-British period.

(4) I think it worth saying that at the present time there is no ongoing quarrying of Purbeck Marble, though there are several quarries working other kinds of Purbeck Limestone. (This point is also relevant to the entry for "Isle of Purbeck".)

For some years I have been making a study of the Romano-British Purbeck stone industry, and can offer references to books, articles and websites, relevant to the geology and to the medieval and modern industries as well as to the Roman.

The current external links are good, but I'd suggest adding a reference to the Langton Matravers museum, which specialises in the Purbeck stone industry; I understand the Mineral and Mining museum is slanted much more towards the ball-clay industry.

Prestonjohn (talk) 22:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I've made approximately the above changes and cancelled the "stub" status, Prestonjohn (talk) 22:48, 27 March 2008 (UTC)