Frosterley Marble

Frosterley Marble is a black, bituminous coraliferous limestone containing fossil crinoids of the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian ), some 325 million years ago.: 40  It outcrops in Weardale, County Durham, England, including near the village of Frosterley whence it is named.

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