Snowflake marble

Description

A coarse-grain, white dolomitic marble quarried in Westchester County, New York. Snowflake marble was used to construct St. Patrick's Cathedral and other building in New York City (Bucher 1996).

Synonyms and Related Terms

Westchester marble; Tuckahoe marble

Additional Information

W. Bucher, Dictionary of Building Preservation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.

Authority

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• 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