Education and Careers

We haven't had any Q&As on building stone issues as yet, but we do get a lot of practical enquiries about building materials (and stone in particular) that are not really suitable for the "Ask a Geologist" service.

If you have a practical question about building stones it may be better for you to direct it to one of the following organisations and resources.

• English Stone Forum www.englishstone.org.uk/index.html
• English Heritage e.g. information in their Conservation Bulletins
• www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/conservation-bulletin-45/cb45full.pdf/ (page 33) and their general advice page www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/advice/
• British Geological Survey www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/mines/stones/home.html
• National Stone Centre www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk/
• Historic Scotland send us their free leaflets occasionally, which you can view/download online www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/learning.htm. Just search ‘stone’ and you’ll find e.g. masonry decay and other titles
• Welsh Stone Forum: https://museum.wales/curatorial/geology/welsh-stone-forum/

Please note, Ask a Geologist is not currently accepting new questions - we apologise for the inconvenience!