Kendal is a small town in Manchester located between Mandeville and Christiana in central Jamaica.
Geology
Limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
containing red
bauxite
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO ...
has been reported in Kendal.
In literature
The children's fiction writer Cyril Palmer set several of his books in his hometown Kendal.