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Red Sandstone

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Red Sandstone may refer to:

  • Sandstone appearing red due to the inclusion of iron oxides (hematite)
  • Old Red Sandstone, a British lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) to which stratigraphers accord supergroup status
  • New Red Sandstone, a chiefly British geological term for the beds of red sandstone and associated rocks laid down throughout the Permian to the end of the Triassic

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