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Caen stone

This article is about the building stone. For the geological formation, see Calcaire de Caen.
Church of Saint-Pierre, Caen. The restoration of the chevet shows the original colour of the stone.

Caen stone (French: Pierre de Caen) is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in north-western France near the city of Caen. The limestone is a fine grained oolitic limestone formed in shallow water lagoons in the Bathonian Age about 167 million years ago. The stone is homogeneous, and therefore suitable for carving.

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