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Stone classification: Sandstone

Wall Number Country State Source Description
9RA32 Italy Leghorn gray, coarse grain, compact, calcareous
11LB25 Italy Leghorn cut from same block as 9RA32, gray, coarse grain, compact, calcareous
10LA39 Mexico Guanajuato State green, brown-banded, medium grain, compact, calcareous
10RA30 Mexico Guanajuato State green, brown-banded, medium grain, compact, calcareous
11LA36 Portugal St. Miguel, Coimbra Red, fine grain, compact, ferruginous
11LA37 Portugal St. Miguel, Coimbra Red, fine grain, comapct, calcareous
9RB42 Portugal St. Miguel, Coimbra buff, coarse grain, compact, calcareous
7LA34 Scotland Beauty, Rose
8RB36 Scotland Nairn light gr, fine grain, porous, calcareous, Devonian
5LA12 Scotland Anan dull-red, fine grain, compact, Devonian
11LB28 Scotland Ballochmyle light red, fine grain, porous, carboniferous
8LB36 Scotland Thurso buff, medium grain, porous, calcareous, Devonian
7RA34 Scotland Elgin, Moray
9RA37 Spain Murcia buff, fine grain, compact, calcareous
9RB17 Unknown
10RB39 Unknown
4RQ United States Ohio Amherst gray, medium grain, porous, Berea Gray
6LA15 United States Pennsylvania Washington yellowish-brown, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
6RA42 United States New Jersey Martinville drab, fine grain, compact, Triassic
7RA42 United States Michigan Marquette reddish, fine grain, porous, Potsdam
8RA23 United States Massachusetts E. Long Meadow light reddish-brown, porous, fine grain
9LA41 United States Illinois Chester light gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
9RB35 United States West Virginia Charleston light buff, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
12RQ United States New York South Unadilla dark gray, fine grain, bluestone
5RA12 United States Ohio Euclid gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
6LB30 United States Kentucky Cloveport buff, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
8LA38 United States Arizona Flagstaff Red, fine grain, compact
S2-109 United States Tennessee Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
8RB34 United States Minnesota Dakota buff, fine grain, friable, Lower Silurian
4WE United States Pennsylvania Elwood buff, coarse-grain, compact
6La16 United States Pennsylvania Titusville light buff, fine grain, porous, carboniferous
6RA5 United States Pennsylvania Mauch Chunk dark gray, fine grain, compact
7RA44 United States New Mexico Las Vegas light gray, fine grain, porous
8RA24 United States North Carolina Durham light gray, fine grain, porous, Triassic
9LA42 United States Illinois Chester yellowish-brown, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
9RB36 United States New Jersey Belleville brownish-purple, fine grain, porous, Triassic
12WE United States Ohio McDermott blue, fine-grain, porous
5RA13 United States Ohio Marietta gray, fine grain, porous, carboniferous
6LB31 United States California San Jose pink, medium grain, compact
7LA39 United States New Jersey Patterson brownish-purple, medium grain, porous, Triassic
8LA39 United States Kansas Oswego dark gray, medium grain, porous, calcareous
S2-110 United States Tennessee Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
8RB35 United States Connecticut Portland purplish-brown, medium grain, porous, muscovite, Triassic
9RA27 United States New York Guilford Cntr. Chenango Co. dark-drab, fine grain, compact, Devonian
11La38 United States Tennessee Parksville brown, coarse grain, porous
5LA1 United States Ohio Mt. Gilead buff, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
6La17 United States Pennsylvania Skinner's Eddy light blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
6RA6 United States Pennsylvania Farrandsville buff, fine grain, porous, Devonian
7RB19 United States Ohio Amherst light brown, medium grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
8RA25 United States North Carolina Egypt light brown, fine grain, porous, Triassic
9LA43 United States Illinois Carbondale
9RB37 United States Oregon Oakland blue gray, fine grain, compact, argillaceous
13RA22 United States Missouri Miami Station Carroll Co. gray, fine grain, porous, carboniferous
5RA14 United States Ohio Coshocton red and buff streaked, coarse grain, porous carboniferous
6LB33 United States Colorado Buckhorn pale-pink, fine grain, compact
7LA40 United States New Jersey Orange Mt. purplish-brown, medium grain, porous, Triassic
8La40 United States West Virginia Parkersburg greenish-gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
S2-111 United States Tennessee Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
9RA28 United States New York Ulster Co. Snider Hollow dark blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
11LA39 United States Tennessee Cater's Creek Davidson Co. dark gray, fine grain, compact
5LA10 United States Ohio Sunbury gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
6LA18 United States Pennsylvania Queens Run Clinton Co. dark gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
6RA7 United States Pennsylvania Derry Station Westmorland Co. bluish-gray, fine grain, compact, carboniferous
7RB20 United States Ohio Independence buff, coarse grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
8RA26 United States North Carolina Morrisville light brown, fine grain, porous, Triassic
9LA44 United States Florida Suwannee River nearly white, porous, coarsely vesicular, phosphatic
9RB38 United States Oregon Near Albany brown, fine grain, porous
13RQ United States Ohio Glenmont buff, medium grain, Briar Hill
5RA15 United States Ohio Cambridge light gray, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
6LB39 United States Ohio Youngstown gray, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
7LA41 United States Montana Columbus drab-gray?, fine grain, compact, cretaceous
8La41 United States Mississippi Rankin Co. yellow, fine grain, compact, argillaceous
S2-112 United States Tennessee Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
8RB37 United States Missouri Clinton buff, fine grain, compact, carboniferous
9RA29 United States New York Phoenicia blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
11La40 United States Tennessee Sewanee light buff, medium grain, porous
5LA11 United States Ohio Windham cream-colored, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
6LA20 United States Ohio Newark light gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
6RA8 United States Pennsylvania Homewood brown, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
7RB25 United States New York Margarettville blue gray, medium grain, porous, Devonian
8RA28 United States New York Guilford blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
9RB39 United States Indiana Paoli light gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
10EE United States Ohio Amherst gray, med-grain, porous
13WE United States Ohio McDermott buff, fine-grain, porous
5RA16 United States Ohio Leesville gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
6LB4 United States Pennsylvania Schickshinny Luzerne Co. dark gray, coarse grain, compact, carboniferous
7LA44 United States Michigan Marquette purplish-brown, medium grain, compact, Lower Silurian
8LA42 United States New Jersey Newark purplish-brown, fine grain, porous, Triassic
S2-113 United States Tennessee Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
8RB39 United States New Jersey Little Falls light brown, fine grain, porous, Triassic
6LA21 United States Ohio Warwick buff, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
6RA9 United States Pennsylvania Garland yellow, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
7RB26 United States New York Covert dark blue gray, fine grain, compact, calcareous, Devonian
8RA29 United States New York Corning blue gray, fine grain, compact, calcareous, Devonian
9RB40 United States Indiana Attica light gray, fine grain, porous
10LA37 United States Kansas Chanute buff, fine grain, friable, calcareous
14RQ United States Connecticut Fair Haven brown, coarse, porous, arkose, Fair Haven Granite
5RA18 United States Ohio E. Cleveland light buff, medium grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
6LB42 United States New Jersey Stockton light gray, rust-spotted, medium grain, compact, Triassic
7LA45 United States New Mexico Santa Fe brownish-purple, coarse grain, porous