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Wall Number Country State Classification Source Description
6RA41 United States Maryland Argillite (Slate) Nr. Cardiff blue-black, medium coarse texture, roofing
10LA47 United States Wyoming Granite Dale Creek Red, coarse grain biotite
10RA13 United States Ohio Dolomite White House gray, fine grain, porous, Devonian
13LA26 United States Texas Limestone San Saba light buff, fine grain, compact, cretaceous
10RB27 United States Maine Granite E. Blue Hill gray, coarse grain, biotite
13LB41 United States South Carolina Marble Poor Mountain grayish-white, coarse grain
11LA35 United States Virginia Granite Namozine Dist. greenish-gray, fine grain, biotite
13RB13 United States Massachusetts Marble Lee white, medium grain, dolomite, Lee Marble
11RA15 United States Iowa Dolomite Olin light buff, fine grain, compact, bituminous, Niagara
14LA23 United States Colorado Marble Marble white, golden-veined, medium grain, calcite
11RB38 United States New Jersey Sandstone Princetown greenish-gray, fine grain, compact, Triassic
14LB38 United States Pennsylvania Limestone Palmyra darak blue gray, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
12LB15 United States Missouri Limestone Hannibal buff, coarse grain, compact, magnesian, semicrystalline, fossiliferous
14RA7 United States New York Limestone Saratoga black, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
12RA36 United States Kentucky Limestone Garrett light gray, medium grain, porous, oolitic, Lower carboniferous
7La27 United States New York Sandstone Hallihan's Hill dark blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
17WE United States Ohio Sandstone McDermott blue, fine-grain, porous
7LB45 United States Michigan Sandstone L'Anse reddish-brown, fine grain, porous, Potsdam
7RB20 United States Ohio Sandstone Independence buff, coarse grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
8LA33 United States Colorado Sandstone Buckhorn pale-pink, fine grain, compact
8LB6 United States Nebraska Limestone Roca light gray, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous, Permian
9LA30 United States New York Sandstone W. Liberty gray, medium grain, compact, Devonian
9RB13 United States Iowa Limestone Conrad light gray, medium grain, compact, oolitic, Lower carboniferous
S1-3 United States Unknown Sandstone Unknown buff, fine-grain, Golden Rod
S2-131 United States New York Bluestone Downsville
S2-37 United States Maryland Schist Potomac Varicolored chlorite, some with cleavage horizontal, some with cleavage vertical
S2-95 United States North Carolina Granite Mt. Airy light-gray, medium-grain, biotite, 1- to 3-in. thickness
2c United States Alabama Limestone Rockwood light gray, fine grain, porous, oolitic
3LQ United States Missouri Limestone Carthage gray, medium grain, crystalline calcite, Carthage Marble
4R9 United States Ohio Sandstone Berea light gray, fine grain, porous
5La40 United States South Carolina Granite Greenville dark gray, fine grain, biotite
5RA14 United States Ohio Sandstone Coshocton red and buff streaked, coarse grain, porous carboniferous
5RB30 United States California Tuff Lordsburg dull-red, fine grain, compact, basalt
6LA41 United States South Carolina Granite Aiken Co. dark gray, coarse grain, biotite
6RA12 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Lucesco gray, dark-streaked, medium grain, compact, carboniferous
10LA19 United States Iowa Limestone Bedford light buff, coarse grain, compact, carboniferous
10Lb31 United States Maine Granite W. Sullivan gray, medium grain, biotite
12RB39 United States Alabama Marble Gantt's Quarry Cut from same block as 12LB38, white, dark parallel veins, fine grain calcite
10ra43 United States Wyoming Granite Sherman Red, fine grain biotite
13LB13 United States Iowa Limestone Mason City buff, fine grain, compact, cellular, magnesian, Devonian
11B United States New Hampshire Granite Concord light gray, medium grain, muscovite-biotite, Concord Gray
13RA28 United States Tennessee Marble Meadow pinkish-gray, medium grain, fossiliferous, Lower Silurian
11LB29 United States Missouri Sandstone Jones Station Ralls Co. light buff, fine grain, porous
13RB43 United States Kentucky Limestone Litchfield light gray, medium grain, compact, oolitic, Sub-carboniferous
11RB1 United States Illinois Dolomite Joilet light gray, fine grain, compact, Upper Silurian
14LB1 United States Indiana Dolomite Montpelier light gray, fine grain, compact, Niagara
12LA20 United States Iowa Limestone Iowa City dark, uneven-gr, compact, siliceous, Devonian
14RA22 United States Iowa Limestone Winterset light buff, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, Lower carboniferous
12LQ United States Georgia Marble Tate bluish-gray, coarse grain, calcite, Cherokee
6RB46 United States Vermont Granite Barre light gray, fine grain, biotite
7RA33 United States Connecticut Sandstone Portland purplish-brown, fine grain, compact, Triassic
7WE United States South Dakota Sandstone Hot Springs light-pink, medium-grain, porous
8LB20 United States Ohio Sandstone Berea buff, medium grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
8RA34 United States Minnesota Sandstone Luverne purplish-brown, medium grain, compact
8RB7 United States Nebraska Limestone Roca light gray, fine grain, compact, Permian
9Lb19 United States Pennsylvania Argillite (Slate) Chapman's Station blue-black, fine grain, banded roofing slate
9RA27 United States New York Sandstone Guilford Cntr. Chenango Co. dark-drab, fine grain, compact, Devonian
S2-103 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
S2-161 United States Colorado Marble Marble white, medium-grain calcite marble, Colorado Yule
S2-67 United States North Carolina Granite Salisbury pale pink, medium grain, biotite
2R5 United States Vermont Marble Danby white, yellow-clouded, medium grain, calcite, Imperial Danby Buildindg and Memorial Grade
4LA12 United States Vermont Marble Brandon white, green and gray veins, medium grain, calcite
5LB29 United States California Basalt Bridgeport gray, fine grain, compact
5RA44 United States Vermont Argillite (Slate) Castleton blue-black, fine grain, rough-texture roofing slate
6La13 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Monongahela City buff, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
6LB29 United States New York Gneiss Hastings dark gray, white-banded, fine grain, biotite
6RA42 United States New Jersey Sandstone Martinville drab, fine grain, compact, Triassic
10La48 United States Rhode Island Gneiss Diamond Hill greenish-gray, fine grain, hornblende
10RA14 United States Ohio Dolomite Van Wert light drab, fine grain, porous, Upper Silurian
13LA27 United States Tennessee Limestone Nashville gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, Lower Silurian, Capitol Quarry
10RB28 United States Maine Granite Somesville Mt. Desert gray, medium grain, biotite
13LB42 United States Illinois Limestone Iuka gray, fine grain, compact
13RB14 United States Iowa Limestone Charles City drab and buff-mottled, coarse grain, fossiliferous-bearing, Devonian, Madreport marble
11RA16 United States Iowa Dolomite Osage Sta. dark gray, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous-bearing, Devonian
14LA24 United States Colorado Marble Marble white, dark-veined, medium grain, calcite
11RB39 United States Michigan Granite Vulcan Red, fine grain, biotite
14LB39 United States Pennsylvania Limestone Hyndman black, fine grain, compact
12LB16 United States Iowa Dolomite Cedar Falls gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
14RA8 United States Minnesota Dolomite Reading light drab, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
12RA37 United States Alabama Marble Gantt's Quarry Cut from same block as 12LB38, white, dark parallel veins, fine grain calcite
7LA28 United States Kentucky Sandstone Grayson Spgs light gray, fine grain, porous
18EE United States Indiana Limestone Bedford buff, medium-grain, oolitic, Grade C Buff
7RB22 United States North Carolina Granite Warren Plains white, fine grain, biotite
8LA34 United States Minnesota Sandstone Fond Du Lac purplish-brown, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
8LB7 United States Nebraska Limestone Syracuse light drab, fine grain, compact, Fusulina
8RB20 United States Ohio Sandstone Middleburg Twp. Cuyahoga Co. buff, medium grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
9LA31 United States New York Argillite (Slate) Granville green and red, rough texture, roofing
9RB14 United States Iowa Limestone Tipton buff, coarse grain, compact, cellular, Upper Silurian
S1-30 United States Massachusetts Granite Milford pink, coarse-grain, biotite
S2-132 United States Idaho Sandstone Boise buff, coarse-grain, porous
S2-38 United States Maryland Schist Potomac Varicolored chlorite, some with cleavage horizontal, some with cleavage vertical
S2-96 United States North Carolina Granite Mt. Airy light-gray, medium-grain, biotite, 1- to 3-in. thickness
2D United States Virginia Greenstone Lynchburg green, coarse grain, actinolite schist, Virginia Greenstone
3R1 United States Vermont Marble Danby white, dark-clouded, medium grain, calcite, Danby D Building Grade
4RA10 United States Alabama Marble Gantt's Quarry Cut from same block as 4LA10, white, dark parallel veins, fine grain calcite
5LA41 United States New Jersey Granite Morristown dark-green and white, coarse grain, hornblende
5RA15 United States Ohio Sandstone Cambridge light gray, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
5RB31 United States Georgia Marble Holly Spgs. green, fine grain, serpentine
6LA42 United States New Jersey Sandstone Stockton light purplish-brown, coarse grain, porous, Triassic
6RA13 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Goldsboro purplish-brown, medium grain, compact, Triassic