Yes, Mike, thank you very much I would love to see this chapter - and I am fascinated that there is granite on Orkney too. I am living on old red sandstone right now (in Welsh marches) and was struck by how different granite feels when I was in Dartmoor recently - much colder apart from anything else and with a different ringing kind of silence. My email is lynww@ukonline.co.uk Much appreciate your offer Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Clouston" mike@mikeclouston.co.uk To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Rocks of Orkney > > > > Can I check with you - is the rock of Orkney all sandstone? I have > searched the Orkneyjar site and can't find a clear answer there. > > Thanks > > Lyn > > > > > > Haven't seen a reply to your post Lyn. I'm no geologist so I'm not the best > qualified person to answer your question, but much of Stromness, my home > town, is built on a granite outcrop. > > I have a copy of "The New Orkney Book" published in 1966. That has a chapter > "Geology of Orkney", which I would be happy to type and e-mail to you, if > you want. Wouldn't be any problem. Just say the word. > > Regards > > Mike Clouston > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > >