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Stone classification: Limestone

Wall Number Country State Source Description
2WE United States Texas Cedar Park light-buff, fine-grain, porous, oolitic, Cordova Cream
13RB47 United States Texas Cedar Park light-buff, fine grain, cellular, large shells, Cordova Shell
13RB14 United States Iowa Charles City drab and buff-mottled, coarse grain, fossiliferous-bearing, Devonian, Madreport marble
11La14 United States Iowa Charles City gray, fine grain, compact, argillaceous, magnesian, Devonian
9Lb5 United States Oklahoma Cherokee pale-buff, medium grain, semicrystalline, compact
13RB40 United States Illinois Chester gray, dark-streaks, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, Lower carboniferous
8RA10 United States Illinois Chester light gray, finely fossiliferous, compact, Lower carboniferous, medium grain
10LB6 United States Missouri Clinton blue, fine grain, compact, argillaceous, carboniferous
10LB7 United States Missouri Clinton buff, fine grain, compact, argillaceous, carboniferous
12RA8 United States New York Cobleskill black, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Devonian
13RB39 United States Illinois Columbia light gray, fine grain, porous, fossiliferous-bearing, Lower carboniferous
14RB28 United States Tennessee Columbia light gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous
10la12 United States Ohio Columbus dark, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Devonian
7RA14 United States Pennsylvania Connellsville light blue, medium grain, compact, Lower carboniferous
9RB13 United States Iowa Conrad light gray, medium grain, compact, oolitic, Lower carboniferous
8RB10 Bermuda Coralline cut from the same block as 8LB9, nearly white, coarsely cellular, friable
8LB9 Bermuda Coralline nearly white, coarsely cellular, friable
9LA11 United States Iowa Corning light buff, fine grain, compact, siliceous, carboniferous
8RB2 Portugal Corredoura, Leiria light buff, coarse grain, cellular, fossiliferous
12RA35 United States Indiana Corydon nearly white, fine grain, compact, oolitic
12LA34 United States Indiana Corydon nearly white, fine grain, compact, oolitic
11LB22 United States Kansas Cottonwood nearly white, porous, porous, coarse grain
11Ra25 United States Kansas Cottonwood cut from same block as 11LB22, nearly white, porous, coarse grain
11RA27 United States Kansas Cottonwood light gray, coarse grain, porous, Permian, Fusulina
S2-125 United States Kansas Cottonwood gray, coarse-grain, crystalline
13LA37 United States New York Cottonwood Sta. light gray, medium grain, somewhat porous
11RA8 United States Pennsylvania Cove Statioan Bedford Co. gray, coarse grain, compact, magnesian, crystalline, Devonian
13la10 United States Ohio Covington bluish-drab, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Upper Silurian
7RA1 Portugal Covoes, Coimbra buff, thin veins, fine grain, compact
13LB27 United States Tennessee Cowan gray, medium grain, compact, oolitic
12RA7 United States New York Crown Point nearly black, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Upper Silurian
14LA22 United States Iowa Davenport light buff, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous, Devonian
9RB10 United States Iowa Davenport drab, fine grain, compact, cellular, Devonian
13LA19 United States Iowa Davenport drab, fine grain, compact, Devonian
14LB28 United States Tennessee Davidson Co. gray, medium grain, porous, fossiliferous, Lower Silurian
14LB13 United States Ohio Dayton light gray, fine grain, compact, magnesian
12RA14 United States Ohio Dayton bluish-drab, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Upper Silurian
13LB16 United States Iowa Decorah dark, mottled, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Lower Silurian
13RB45 United States Kentucky Dennis drab, fine grain, compact, Lower carboniferous
7ra8 United States Alabama Dickson light gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous
13RA24 United States Kansas Douglass light gray, medium grain, porous, soft, fossiliferous, Permian
14LB21 United States Iowa Dudley Sta. Wapello Co. light buff, fine grain, compact, oolitic, Lower carboniferous
14LB22 United States Iowa Dudley Sta. Wapello Co. gray, fine grain, compact, oolitic, Lower carboniferous
9LB11 United States Iowa Durham Sta. Marion Co. light buff, medium grain, compact, bituminous, Lower carboniferous
9LB9 United States Iowa Earlham drab, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous, carboniferous
9LA12 United States Iowa Earlham buff, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous, carboniferous
9LB12 United States Iowa Earlham gray, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous, carboniferous
7La13 United States Pennsylvania East Conshohocken blue gray, medium grain, compact, micaceous, Lower Silurian
14LA45 Portugal Ega, Coimbra light gray, fine grain, compact
10RA23 United States Kansas Eldorado light gray, fine grain, compact, Permian
11LA23 United States Kansas Eldorado light gray, fine grain, compact, Permian
8RA16 United States Indiana Ellettsville light gray, medium grain, porous, bituminous, Lower carboniferous
8RB15 United States Utah Ephriam light gray, fine grain, porous, San Pete Stone
9LB14 United States Iowa Fairfield gray, fine grain, compact, micaceous, Lower carboniferous
11LA8 United States Kansas Florence light gray, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous, magnesian
7lA7 United States Alabama Florence light gr, coarse grain, compact, cyrst
14LB9 United States Pennsylvania Flourtown light yellow, blue-spotted, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
13LA16 United States Iowa Fort Dodge light gray, fine grain, compact, magnesian, carboniferous
8LA13 United States Indiana Fort Ritner light gray, medium grain, compact, Lower carboniferous, oolitic
14LB44 United States Kentucky Frankford Franklin Co. drab, fine grain, compact
13La45 United States Kentucky Frankfort light gray, coarse grain, porous, fossiliferous
13RB44 United States Kentucky Frankfort light gray, fine grain, compact, semicrystalline
14RB45 United States Kentucky Frankfort light gray, compact, medium grain, fossiliferous
13LA44 United States Kentucky Franklin drab, fine grain, compact, oolitic
8RA17 United States Kentucky Franklin light gray, fine grain, compact
8RA2 Portugal Freguesias, Coimbra gray, fine grain, compact
12RA36 United States Kentucky Garrett light gray, medium grain, porous, oolitic, Lower carboniferous
9RB11 United States Iowa Givin gray, medium grain, compact, ferruginous, Lower carboniferous
13RB24 United States Nebraska Glen Rock light gray, medium grain, compact, Fusulina
12RB21 United States Missouri Glencoe buff, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous, Lower carboniferous
13LA43 United States Kentucky Grahampton dark gray, fine grain, compact, semicrystalline, Lower carboniferous
10LA25 United States Kansas Greeley buff, coarse grain, porous
13LB45 United States Kentucky Green Co. dark gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, Lower carboniferous
14RB44 United States Kentucky Greensburg drab, medium grain, compact, earthy, fossiliferous
8LA15 United States Indiana Greenscastle light gray, medium grain, compact, crystalline, Lower carboniferous
10LA24 United States Kansas Grenola drab, fine grain, compact, Fusulina
8Lb8 United States Ohio Hamilton dark gray, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous
12LB15 United States Missouri Hannibal buff, coarse grain, compact, magnesian, semicrystalline, fossiliferous
10RB7 United States Missouri Hannibal light gray, coarse grain, compact, encrinitial, semicrystalline
7RA13 United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg dark blue gray, white-veined, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
8LB15 United States Wisconsin Hayton light drab, fine grain, compact, cellular
10RB8 United States Missouri Herculaneum gray-buff, fine grain, calcite, Herculaneum Buff
13RA43 United States Kentucky Hopkinsville light gray, medium grain, porous, oolitic, Sub-carboniferous
14RB7 United States New York Howe's Cave nearly black, fine grain, compact, magnesian, fossiliferous, Upper Silurian
13RA5 United States New York Howe's Cave black, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Upper Silurian
11RB5 United States New York Howe's Cave black, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Upper Silurian
7La12 United States Pennsylvania Hummelstown blue, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
12RB32 United States Pennsylvania Huntingdon nearly black, fine grain, compact
14LB39 United States Pennsylvania Hyndman black, fine grain, compact
14LA47 Portugal Ilhastro, Coimbra light drab, fine grain, compact
13LB21 United States Iowa Independence buff, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous, Devonian
9RB12 United States Iowa Independence buff, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous, Devonian
12RB7 United States New York Indian Res. Onondaga Co. gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, magnesian
9RA12 United States Iowa Iowa City gray, coarse grain, porous, fossiliferous, Devonian
10RB12 United States Iowa Iowa City brown, medium grain, compact, Devonian
12LA20 United States Iowa Iowa City dark, uneven-gr, compact, siliceous, Devonian
11LB20 United States Iowa Iowa Falls light yellow, fine grain, compact, Lower carboniferous
10LA20 United States Iowa Iowa Falls gray, fine grain, compact, Lower carboniferous
14LB26 United States Kansas Irving gray, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous
13La1 United States Vermont Isle La Motte dark gray, fine grain, fossiliferous, magnesian