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mations occur at Mamble and Pensax. This latter is princi- 
pally used in the hop and lime kilns. 
Basalt, — Part of the Rowley Basaltic Range is in this 
county. It occurs also near Shatterford, and on the western 
flank of the Abberley Range. 
Sandstone, — As will appear on examining the map^ a great 
part of Worcestershire consists of red marl and sandstone. 
Scott observes that the vast sand rocks which border the 
spacious channel of the Severn, above the town of Bridg- 
north, furnish, together with their accompanying woodlands, 
scenery of the most magnificent description." The Blackstone 
Rocks, below Bewdley, are almost equally romantic, and at 
Redstone, below Stourport, habitations are excavated out of 
the rocks as dwellings. 
The red sandstone has been long used in Worcestershire 
as a building material, though it proves a most friable one, 
and the erosion its surface displays is strongly marked upon 
the south side of Worcester Cathedral. Some of the lower 
beds, however, contain a good white sandstone, easily work- 
ed, and not exhibiting such speedy signs of decay. A quarry 
of this variety is worked at Ombersley. The old red sand- 
stone is, however, a far more durable material than the new, 
being of a much harder consistence. It occurs in the neigh- 
bourhood of Tenbury, and at Lower Sapey. The new red 
sandstone presents various substances in its beds that deserve 
enumeration. 
Salt. — In the lower beds of the new red sandstone are the 
Brine Springs of Droitwich, and Rock Salt is found at Stoke 
Prior, near Bromsgrove. 
Gypsum. — This substance, called also Alabaster, occurs in 
the Marl above the Salt, and is employed in making plaster 
of Paris. 
Red Marl. — This upper stratum of the sandstone is often 
carted into farm yards for the purpose of keeping them dry. 
Sand. — Several varieties, differing in colour and fineness, 
