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The granite of the dimension-stone industry along with truly granitic rock also includes gneiss, gabbro, anorthosite and even some sedimentary rocks. Natural stone is used as architectural stone (construction, flooring, cladding, counter tops, curbing, etc.) and as raw block and monument stone for the funerary trade.
The contract was the most expensive and most demanding in the history of Yule marble at $1,080,000. The marble came out of Quarry 3, with the first shipment leaving Marble on 25 May 1914 and the final on 16 June 1916. The high standards resulted in a high rejection rate, yet the contract was completed 5 months ahead of schedule.
Cotham Marble – Limestone variety from Great Britain (not a "true marble"; stromatolitic limestone) Cotswold stone – oolitic limestone used for building and roofing in the Cotswolds; Dent Marble (not a "true marble"; Crinoidal limestone) Frosterley Marble – northern England (not a "true marble") Hamstone – Building stone from Somerset
Aberdeen Quarry, an abandoned granite quarry in Gunnison County, Colorado. Its granite was used in construction of the Colorado State Capitol; Marble, Colorado, only site of Yule Marble quarrying, in the West Elk Mountains. 99.5% pure calcite, discovered in 1873, source of marble for the Tomb of the Unknowns and for the exterior of the Lincoln ...
It is high density, high magnesium dolomitic limestone. [2] It was originally classified as a marble in Oklahoma due to the fact that it would hold a high polish, hence Marble City. It is sold in slabs and as tiles, in a similar manner as marble would be. [3] This unit has many economic uses in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
An example of Cotham Marble in the Natural History Museum Top surface of a layer of Cotham Marble. Cotham Marble or Landscape Marble is a variety of Rhaetian (uppermost Triassic) stromatolitic limestone from the Penarth Group, found in south Wales and southwestern England in the area around Bristol, possibly extending to the south coast in east Devon.
Sylacauga marble, also commonly known as Alabama marble, is a marble that is found in a belt running through Talladega County, Alabama. [1] It is prized for its pure white color and its crystalline structure. The stone is named after the town of Sylacauga, Alabama, which is sometimes called "the Marble City". [2]
Described as "very fine, almost like marble" [2] and as "England’s premier decorative stone", [3] it is particularly suited to carving, making it popular for tombstones (including many thousands for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission [2] [3]), sculpture and building.