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Horse Road Sandstone

Locality 6: The Horse Road Sandstone is pale grey-green in colour, with cross-bedding and slump structures. Look closely and you will see occasional plant fragments (dark streaks one or two centimetres long). Watch out for the canon-ball concretions.

Horse Roads Sandstone
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