Minchinbury Sandstone
There aren't many photos of Minchinbury Sandstone on the internet. That's because it's hardly of interest to anyone. As well as the rock being similar to other sandstones around Sydney. And it being of no commercial or industrial use.
Minchinbury Sandstone is a component of the Wianamatta group of sedimentary rocks in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia. It was formed in the middle triassic period. This sandstone was formed by marine deposition as a set of sandy barrier islands at a coastal shoreline. Fossils are rare in this stratum, though fossils of plant fragments and algae have been recorded.
The type locality of the rock is near the Great Western Highway in the suburb of Minchinbury in western Sydney. It is most often seen in the western parts of the city. Outcroppings are weak and not easily found, but it may be seen in places like road cuttings in localities from Epping, Grose Vale-Kurrajong, Kellyville, Rogans Hill, Bankstown, Pendle Hill, Bonnyrigg, Menangle, Duck River, Brownlow Hill and other sites.
Thickness is between 1.5 and 6 metres, usually less than 3 metres. It comprises up to 70% quartz with calcite and volcanic lithic fragments. There is less feldspar and more calcite than the adjacent Bringelly Shale. Related to Greywacke, it comprises fine to medium-grained lithic sandstone. The Bringelly Shale lies above the sandstone.
Minchinbury Sandstone
There aren't many photos of Minchinbury Sandstone on the internet. That's because it's hardly of interest to anyone. As well as the rock being similar to other sandstones around Sydney. And it being of no commercial or industrial use.
Minchinbury Sandstone is a component of the Wianamatta group of sedimentary rocks in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia. It was formed in the middle triassic period. This sandstone was formed by marine deposition as a set of sandy barrier islands at a coastal shoreline. Fossils are rare in this stratum, though fossils of plant fragments and algae have been recorded.
The type locality of the rock is near the Great Western Highway in the suburb of Minchinbury in western Sydney. It is most often seen in the western parts of the city. Outcroppings are weak and not easily found, but it may be seen in places like road cuttings in localities from Epping, Grose Vale-Kurrajong, Kellyville, Rogans Hill, Bankstown, Pendle Hill, Bonnyrigg, Menangle, Duck River, Brownlow Hill and other sites.
Thickness is between 1.5 and 6 metres, usually less than 3 metres. It comprises up to 70% quartz with calcite and volcanic lithic fragments. There is less feldspar and more calcite than the adjacent Bringelly Shale. Related to Greywacke, it comprises fine to medium-grained lithic sandstone. The Bringelly Shale lies above the sandstone.