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High Nick is a medium buff / brown coloured sandstone. Overall, High Nick is suitable for most aspects of construction including load bearing masonry and cladding. The stone is extracted from the High Nick Quarry, located at East Woodburn, Hexham, Northumberland.
Specification guide
High Nick is a medium buff / brown coloured sandstone. Overall, High Nick is suitable for most aspects of construction including load bearing masonry and cladding. The stone is extracted from the High Nick Quarry, located
These figures should only be used as indications of the future performance of the stone. The information given is for guidance only and is subject to alteration without notice. We recommend customers contact Stancliffe Stone Company Ltd to ensure details are currently valid. Test results may not be representative of the whole quarry and are provided for comparison purposes only.
  
Specifications of High Nick Sandstone
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Stone
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High Nick Sandstone
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Quarry
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High Nick Quarry
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Supplier
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Stancliffe Stone Company Ltd
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Physical Performance of High Nick Sandstone
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Geological type
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Lower Carboniferous
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Colour/texture
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Yellow/buff with dark veining - fine to medium grained
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Maximum sizes |
Please consult |
Porosity |
19.90% |
Petrographic description |
Fine to medium grained Sandstone |
Water absorption |
12.2% (by wt) |
Bulk specific gravity |
2190kg/m3 |
Compression |
51.7 MPa |
Stone Variations
The variation shown above is characteristic of High Nick.
This is not something that can be controlled but it can be managed.
Please make contact to discuss specific project requirements.
Stone being a natural product may vary significantly in colour
and
texture within the same range of stone. Descriptions given in
this
website concerning the colour of the products and the images
depicting their colour are approximate only. It is strongly recommended
that customers request physical samples of the colour and texture
of
stone available from any particular range before placing orders.
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