 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | outcrop of the Oil-Shale Group in the Lothi an Region and Fife. The product s of local diagenesis are...Oil-Shale Group in the Lothian Region. They are more abundant in this region than in any othe r in the United...(1978). Marin e and estu arine rocks (Calciferous Sandstone Measures) were deposited in parts of East Fife...Cool Limestone :::l 0 TnT a:: Cl ILl Marl Sandstone ..J « J: (/l .... u V "-J'-' Shell Bed ...the Lower Carboniferous sequence of the Lothian region, showing principal stratigraphic units (after Cameron |  | | Book | | across south-central Indiana. Limestone from this region makes up many buildings and other structures throughout...Detailed roadlogs of selected highways in each region show the geology they cross.The road routes run...permission to visit. Others exist only in history. Quarries, mines, and caves must never be entered without...Period 320 Great swamp forests. Coal, shale, sandstone, and clay laid down in repeated cycles. Mississippian...Period 360 Seas covered Indiana. Lime¬ stone, sandstone, shale, and gypsum deposited. Blastoids and crinoids |  | | Report (chapter) | | lyellcollection.org/ by guest on September 21, 2018 Seneca sandstone: a heritage stone from the USA CAROL A. GRISSOM1*...grissomc@si.edu Abstract: Seneca sandstone is a fine-grained arkosic sandstone of dark-red coloration used...in Washington, DC. Several inactive Seneca sandstone quarries are located along the Potomac River 34 km...Washington near Poolesville, Maryland. Seneca sandstone is from part of the Poolesville Member of the...parallel to the river made major use of Seneca sandstone in its construction and then facilitated the stone’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variety of minerals, including strontianite, gypsum, calcite, dolomite, fluorite, and sulfur; clastic rock units...gypsum and as casts after halite and calcite are known, as are calcite, quartz, barite, and sulfur pseudomorphs...been produced from a large number of limestone quarries within the central and eastFigure 1. Celestine...associated sulfur specimens have been known from quarries exploiting Devonian-age dolostone in the immediate...Ottawa County; the Portage area of Wood County; quarries in the Lime City area; and at Put-in-Bay on South |  | | Book | | is cut from the sides of mountains or from deep quarries. It is strong and durable and takes a high polish...America found pure copper in the Lake Superior ✓ region, which they hammered into tools and ornaments....form of wires and crystals. In the Lake Superior region of the United States it is found ,vith masses of...the early history of civilization. SANDSTONE Before sandstone became a rock it was just an ocean sandbank...grains and the cement determine the color of sandstone. Where sand grains were mixed \vith gray, green |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 609-618 Anthropogenic origin of salt crusts on sandstone sculptures of Prague’s Charles Bridge (Czech Republic):...sculptures in the past. The sculptural stone – quartz sandstone derived from Cretaceous sedimentary cover of the...1988) or on clastic sedimentary rocks containing calcite cement (Pavía Santamaría et al., 1996; Garcia-Valles...the 17th century, it has been adorned with 30 sandstone sculptures. The copies gradually replaced the...atmosphere. Anthropogenic origin of salt crusts on sandstone The studied sculptures (Fig. 1) were carved during |  | Franzini, Marco, Leoni, Leonardo, Lezzerini, Marco, Cardelli, Roberto (2007) Relationships between mineralogical composition, water absorption and hydric dilatation in the "Macigno" sandstones from Lunigiana (Massa, Tuscany) European Journal of Mineralogy, 19 (1) 113-123 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-0113 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | its good technical properties, the “Macigno” sandstone undergoes a typical process of decay when used...investigated. Twenty-six rock samples were collected from quarries situated near the villages of Fivizzano and Pontremoli...water-saturated samples. The phyllosilicate minerals of the sandstone were studied on oriented aggregates of the <4...normative carbonate fraction consists essentially of calcite; its amount is generally low (<1 – 10 %), with...in the Turlago-Labiano quarry, which contained calcite concentrations of up to 14, 15 and 38 %, respectively |  | | Report (chapter) | | used in the historical architecture of Tuscany, a region of central Italy characterized by a great variety...these materials reflects the complex geology of the region, where each village and town has a unique identity...the Apennines are, characterized by the use of sandstone, while the towns and villages of central-southern...most common durability problems. Tuscany is a region of central Italy characterized by a great variety...Crete Senesi, reflecting the complex geology of the region which is characterized by a great variety of lithological |  | | Report (issue) | | Consultative Committee Mineral Dossier No 17 Sandstone Compiled by P M Harris, MA, Ml MM Mineral Resources...Gold No 15 Mica N o l6 Po t a sh No 17 Sandstone 11 Preface The Mineral Resources Consultative...production of sandstone 1895-1974 12 Fig 3 Location of important sandstone quarries with outline geology...north Devon and southern Scotland. Traditionally, sandstone was used for building stone and pavements but...concrete aggregate is produced from pre Devonian sandstone throughout the country and from pre-Permian sand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large tree-like fossil occasionally found in sandstone rocks of the Carboniferous formation called Dadoxylon...especially with those of recent years. Many of the sandstone rocks of the Carboniferous age abound in fragments...name of Sternbergia transversa. In the same sandstone quarries there occur along with Sternbergia transversa...across many specimens of this character in sandstone quarries, but for the purpose of tracing the history...Quarry, which is situated in the Calciferous Sandstone, a member of the Mountain Limestone series, near |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Available online xxx Keywords: Lower Old Red Sandstone Freshwater West Formation St Maughans Formation...multi-disciplinary study was undertaken of the Lower Old Red Sandstone building stones of Bromyard, Bromyard Downs and...the historic quarries in the area have been mapped. Field studies of the geology of quarries and outcrops...the 20th century. The origins of fine grained sandstone are found to be more complex. Through a combination...quality green sandstones in Bromyard. 15 samples of sandstone from the Bromyard Downs, have been petrographically |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collector are natrolite, lepidolite, cinnabar, calcite, olivine, bitumens, and so on. I am sending you...xls, greenish garnet (grossularite), and white calcite. The 3rd consisted of small black tourmaline xls...talked for a while and started to leave. Some calcite in the broken xls was laying around and the wife...glint and I mentioned that some pyrite was in the calcite she had picked up. Suddenly the wife exclaimed...many large concretions which are the result of calcite cementing. The largest of these are at Rock City |  | | Report (chapter) | | identified through the application of various types of sandstone of Miocene age, from those of Lower Miocene found...Jelšah and Rogaška Slatina. The inactive quarries in this region reveal traces of stonemasonry, while the...southeast Slovenia gravely threatened, the abandoned quarries identified represent potential sites for obtaining...Strtenica. The quarries of Miocene sandstone A number of inactive quarries of Miocene sandstone can be found...objects that were made of the sandstone originating in these inactive quarries were typically made by anonymous |  | Gray, Henry H., Dawson, Thomas A., McGregor, Duncan, Jr., Perry, Thomas G., Wayne, William J (1957) Rocks Associated with the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Unconformity in Southwestern Indiana. Guidebook 9. Indiana Geological Survey | Report (issue) | | the outcrop. Inspection of limestone and sandstone quarries will afford an insight into the economic...which include shale, siltstone, and fine-grained sandstone, commonly display abrupt lateral and vertical...formations are heterogeneous and the single term sandstone is not descriptive of, for example, the Sample...formation is here used in place of Mooretown sandstone (pl. 3). Cor-relation of the Mooretown with the...longer exists, and the formation is not dominantly sandstone and is not completely exposed at the type section |  | | Report (chapter) | | sculpture: (1) all the sculptured stones are sandstone with the exception of one siltstone and one granite;...the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the area; (3) from within the Lower Old Red Sandstone, a number of different...types have been used including schist, slate and sandstone; (2) non-locally derived material is used extensively...as the Lower Old Red Sandstone and is c. 9000 m thick. The term Old Red Sandstone has been used in the...debate as to the exact age of the Scottish Old Red Sandstone (McKerrow et al. 1985). The six major lithostratigraphical |  | | Report (issue) | | Queenston Shale Silurian Cataract Group Whirlpool Sandstone Manitoulin Limestone Cabot Head Shale Clinton...Meaford-Dundas Shale Queenston Shale Whirlpool Sandstone Amabel Dolomite Sand and Gravel - Ill - • v...of the Escarpment, and are best exposed in the quarries near Inglewood. These rocks are sparingly exposed...Whirlpool Sandstone, have not been quarried commercially to any extent. The Whirlpool Sandstone is quarried...quarried near Inglewood in several quarries near the base of the Escarpment, and was formerly quarried |  | | Book (volume) | | (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum Co.), a region of rolling, wooded hills. Here, prehistoric Indians...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply |  | | Book (volume) | | (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum Co.), a region of rolling, wooded hills. Here, prehistoric Indians...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply |  | | Book (volume) | | dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena. CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHEROKKE-PICKENS COUNTIES NELSON (Pickens Co.), a 300 sq. mi. region surrounding this town contains many pegmatite dike...), areaQuartz crystals. LITHONIA: area quarriesCalcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline... Rock Chapel Quarry, on N side of Arabia Mt.Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline...Feldspar, Quartz. STONE MOUNTAIN: two area granite quarriesBeryl, Feldspar, Hyalite opal; area granite |  | | Report (issue) | | ................................ 5 Whirlpool Sandstone ..................................................................... 5 Cabot Head Shale and Sandstone .......................................... 6 Clinton..................... 10 iii PAGE Whirlpool Sandstone ............................................................................ 11 Credit Valley Quarries (15) ......................................................................... 13 Structural Sandstone Quarry (25) ................................. |  | | Report (volume) | | as a convenient name for these rocks [the red sandstone extending from New Jersey to Virginia], and to...E........... Geol. of N. Y., part rv, p. 429. sandstone. Mather, AV.W........ 1843 1843 Measures. 1843...T1 Lyell, C .............. New red Keuper. sandstone or Redfield, W. C ....... Marcou, J ..........1890 1891 Connecticut, or Connecticut River sandstone. Hitchcock, C. H. ...... Am. Geol., vol. v, pp...Atlas sheets No. 1, N. E., and No. 1, S. E. 6 The region occupied by tho Acadian area is shown in part, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Winner 2000 trophy. Also from the margins of our region, Sean McMahon from Huntingdon shared the first...that can bring to life the geology of our home region. Especially welcome would be a member's photograph...University campus to look at the Nottingham Castle Sandstone sequence. In July, Albert Horton and Keith Ambrose... In September, Dave Elford led a visit to the quarries in Scunthorpe Ironstone. In October, Alan Dawn...Dawn led a day excursion round three quarries in the Lincolnshire Limestone between Wansford and Duddington |  | | Journal (issue) | | other, has been successfully cut from the sandstone quarries at Houghton Point, Wis. It is supposed to...bright green Barite xls. with the pearly white Calcite. It makes a pleasing combination. Fluorites all...you will not regret investing it in a Stank Mine Calcite. Geo. L. English & Co., New York. Collections...very pretty and white, 20c. to $1.00. Salmon-pink Calcite, Colo., 10c. to 50c. Chessylitic Malachite balls...00. Coarse, three-cornered yellow crystals of Calcite, from center great concretions of hardened sea |  | | Book | | a b r i e f h i s t o r y o f t h e gems o f e region. T h i s C h a p t e r also includes t h e g e...aquamarine. Excited collectors took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple...by Flora Collins. 3 i palachians as well as quarries which are on a semiactive basis such as those...and feldspar mines, gravel or dimension stone quarries, inactive gold mines, quartz out crops, and a...you ing operations should also be examined, and quarries if you need. Chambers of Commerce, Jaycees, police |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | referred to as "the Pittsburgh of the East." Some quarries of historic note have been omitted because they...marble for the Connecticut State Capitol; the sandstone quarries of Portland, w h i c h supplied the rock... stone Point, Waterford, and resulted i n two quarries. A t one time, the granite was used for the construction...Navy as an underwater sound laboratory, and both quarries now house the Millstone Point Nuclear Power Plants...Watertown and north through Thomaston, revealing calcite, quartz, pyrite, and zeolites. Fairfield C o u |
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