Difference between revisions of "Buena Vista sandstone"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A uniform gray or buff, quartzose, fine-grain [ | + | A uniform gray or buff, quartzose, fine-grain [[sandstone]] quarried near Buena Vista in Fayette County, Ohio. Buena Vista sandstone was used for building construction in Cleveland in the mid-1800s (Hannibal, 1995). |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:47, 9 January 2014
Description
A uniform gray or buff, quartzose, fine-grain Sandstone quarried near Buena Vista in Fayette County, Ohio. Buena Vista sandstone was used for building construction in Cleveland in the mid-1800s (Hannibal, 1995).
Synonyms and Related Terms
Scioto sandstone
Additional Information
J.Hannibal "Use of Trace Fossils in Determining Provenance of Dimension Stone: an Example from Ohio" in The Study of Marble and Other Stones used in Antiquity, ed. by Y. Maniatis, N. Herz, Y. Basiakos, Archetype: London, 1995.
Authority
- Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925
- Website address 1 Comment: Waller Brothers Stone at http://www.wallerbrothersstone.com/company.html - first quarried in early 1900s