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Wall Number Country State Classification Source Description
7RB36 United States Nevada Sandstone Carson City gray, coarse grain, porous
S2-15 United States Maryland Schist Potomac Varicolored chlorite, some with cleavage horizontal, some with cleavage vertical
8La5 United States Tennessee Marble Mooresburgh variegated, medium grain, Lower Silurian
S2-55 United States North Carolina Granite Mt. Airy mt Airy Grainite, veneer
8RA19 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Lumberton light Brownish-purple, fine grain, compact, Triassic
8RB34 United States Minnesota Sandstone Dakota buff, fine grain, friable, Lower Silurian
2L12 United States Vermont Marble Florence light gray, dark and white-clouded, medium grain, calcite, Standard PV Memorial Grade
3R14 United States Vermont Marble W. Rutland white, gray-veined, medium grain, calcite, Select Memorial Grade
12RB2 United States Vermont Marble Isle LaMotte nearly black, fine grain, fossiliferous, dolomitic
4RA15 United States Vermont Marble Brandon cut from the same block as 4LA15, white, dark veins, medium grain, calcite
10L51 United States Pennsylvania Argillite (Slate) Lynnport cut from same block as 10LB18, dark gray, fine grain, slate
13LA37 United States New York Limestone Cottonwood Sta. light gray, medium grain, somewhat porous
5La46 United States Rhode Island Granite Westerly pink, fine grain, biotite
10LB21 United States Massachusetts Granite Framingham light pink, coarse grain, biotite
13LQ United States Tennessee Marble Knoxville pink, medium grain, calcite, Ross Pink
5RA2 United States Ohio Sandstone Iberia light buff, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
10RA33 United States Kansas Sandstone Neodesha buff, fine grain, friable, calcareous
13RB24 United States Nebraska Limestone Glen Rock light gray, medium grain, compact, Fusulina
5RB36 United States Connecticut Granite W. Norfolk gray, fine grain, biotite
10RB47 United States Rhode Island Granite West Greenwich light pink, coarse grain, biotite
6LA47 United States Louisiana Sandstone Unknown pinkish, medium-gr, porous
11LB19 United States Vermont Marble W. Rutland cut from same block as 11RB19, white, gray-veined, medium grain, Lower Silurian, calcite
14LB5 United States Tennessee Marble Calhoun pinkish-gray, coarse, magnesian, Lower Silurian
6RA18 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Danville dark blue gray, fine grain, compact, Upper Silurian
11RA35 United States Tennessee Gneiss Owen's Bluff Polk Co. black and white-spotted, coarse, siliceous
14RB18 United States Iowa Dolomite Dixon yellow, coarse grain, porous, ferruginous, Niagara
12LA10 United States Ohio Dolomite Euphemia drab, dark-spotted, fine grain, porous, siliceous, Upper Silurian
12LB35 United States Indiana Limestone Bedford light gray, fine grain, porous, oolitic
7La12 United States Pennsylvania Limestone Hummelstown blue, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
7LB31 United States Colorado Sandstone Fort Collins buff, gray-banded, fine grain, compact, calcareous
S1-2 United States Ohio Sandstone McDermott gray, fine-grain, porous
S2-121 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
S2-27 United States Maryland Schist Potomac Varicolored chlorite, some with cleavage horizontal, some with cleavage vertical
8LB35 United States Connecticut Sandstone Manchester Red, fine grain, porous, Triassic
S2-85 United States Indiana Limestone Bedford buff, med-grain, oolitic
8RA6 United States New York Limestone Sandy Hill dark gray, fine grain, compact, Lower Silurian
9La17 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Schickshinny Luzerne Co. blue gray, fine grain, compact, carboniferous
2WE United States Texas Limestone Cedar Park light-buff, fine-grain, porous, oolitic, Cordova Cream
4La18 United States Vermont Marble Southerland Falls cut from same block as 10LB10, white, gray-spotted, Lower Silurian, calcite
13EE United States Indiana Limestone Bedford buff, medium-grain, oolitic, Grade A Buff
5LA18 United States Ohio Sandstone Plymouth light gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
5LB34 United States Minnesota Gabbro Duluth dark gray, coarse grain, gabbro
10LB7 United States Missouri Limestone Clinton buff, fine grain, compact, argillaceous, carboniferous
13RA39 United States Pennsylvania Marble Columbia dark blue gray, fine grain
5RA8 United States Ohio Sandstone Greenfield gray, dark-streaked, fine grain, compact, Lower carboniferous
10RB19 United States North Carolina Marble Red Marble Gap pink, fine grain, Archaean, calcite
14B United States Connecticut Granite Stony Creek pink and buff, coarse, biotite gneiss, Mt Coral
6La19 United States Pennsylvania Quartz Pine Grove dull-red, coarse grainy, quartz porphyry
11LA27 United States Tennessee Marble Knoxville gray, medium grain, calcite
14LB20 United States Iowa Limestone Knoxville gray, medium grain, compact, siliceous, Lower carboniferous
6LB34 United States Minnesota Granite E. St. Cloud gray, fine grain, hornblende
11LB8 United States Kansas Dolomite Topeka drab, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, carboniferous
6RA5 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Mauch Chunk dark gray, fine grain, compact
11RB3 United States Texas Limestone Austin light buff, fine grain, compact, magnesian, cretaceous
14RB48 United States Missouri Limestone Carthage cut from same block as 14LB48, gray, medium grain, crystalline calcite, Ozark Travernelle
12LA7 United States New York Limestone Canajoharie dark gray, coarse grain, compact, magnesian, fossiliferous, Lower Silurian
20WE United States Indiana Limestone Bedford buff, medium-grain, oolitic
12RA28 United States Florida Coquina St. Augustine cut from same block as 4LA19, light buff, coarse, highly porous, calcareous, shell-stone
6RB31 United States Texas Granite Nr. Llano gray, coarse grain, biotite
9RA16 United States Minnesota Limestone St. Paul gray, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous, magnesian, Lower Silurian
7LA42 United States New Hampshire Granite W. Concord gray, fine grain, biotite-muscovite
9RB32 United States Missouri Sandstone Meadville buff, medium grain, porous, calcareous, carboniferous
7RA18 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Leboeuf light brown, medium grain, compact, Devonian
S1-49 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Red, fine-grain, compact, Crab Orchard Stone
7RB37 United States Nevada Andesite Virginia City gray, coarsely porphyry, compact, hornblende
S2-150 United States Georgia Marble Holly Springs green serpentine, Holly Springs
8LA6 United States New York Limestone Louisville gray, medium grain, compact
S2-56 United States North Carolina Granite Mt. Airy Mt Airy Granite, veneer
8RB35 United States Connecticut Sandstone Portland purplish-brown, medium grain, porous, muscovite, Triassic
2L13 United States Connecticut Marble E. Canaan white, brown-spotted, coarse grain, dolomite
3R15 United States Maryland Dolomite Baltimore cut from same block as 3L15, white, fine grain
12RB20 United States Vermont Marble W. Rutland cut from same block as 12LB20, gray, black-streaked, Lower Silurian, calcite
4RA16 United States Vermont Marble W. Rutland cut from same block as 13RB20, grayish-white, dark-veined, Lower Silurian, calcite
10LA1 United States Washington Marble Lincoln Co. white, medium-grain, dolomitic
13La38 United States Pennsylvania Marble West Gove Chester Co. white, marked with gray, medium grain, dolomitic
5LA5 United States Ohio Sandstone Piketon brown, fine grain, porous, Lower Carg, freestone
10LB22 United States Massachusetts Gneiss Monson gray, fine grain, muscovite
13RA1 United States Vermont Marble New Haven white, dark-veined, fine grain, magnesian, Lower Silurian
5RA20 United States Massachusetts Granite Wyoma gray, coarse grain, hornblende
10RA34 United States Virginia Granite Tuckahoe Dist. gray, fine grain, biotite
13RB25 United States North Carolina Limestone Warm Springs nearly black, fine grain, compact
10RB48 United States Wisconsin Sandstone Ableman light buff, fine grain, porous, friable, Lower Silurian
6LA5 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Scranton gray, medium grain, porous, Sub-carboniferous
11LB2 United States Wisconsin Dolomite Fon du Lac light gray, fine grain, compact Upper Silurian
14LB6 United States New York Marble Tuckahoe white, coarse grain, Archaean, dolomite
6RA19 United States Pennsylvania Quartzite Jacksonwald light gray, fine grain, compact
11RA36 United States Tennessee Granite Rip Shin Mt. pink, medium grain, biotite
14RB19 United States Vermont Marble Pittsford white, fine grain, Lower Silurian, calcite
12LA11 United States Ohio Dolomite Pt. Marblehead light gray, fine grain, porous, bituminous, Devonian
1L13 United States Colorado Marble Marble white, yellow-veined, medium grain, calcite, Golden Vein Yule
12LB36 United States Indiana Limestone Salem dark, fine grain, compact, Lower carboniferous
12LB37 United States Kentucky Limestone Russelville dark-drab, fine grain, compact
7La13 United States Pennsylvania Limestone East Conshohocken blue gray, medium grain, compact, micaceous, Lower Silurian
7LB32 United States Minnesota Granite Watab gray, coarse grain, hornblende-biotite
S1-20 United States Unknown Granite Unknown gray, medium-grain, biotite
7ra8 United States Alabama Limestone Dickson light gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous
S2-122 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
8LA20 United States Ohio Sandstone Portsmouth lightdrab, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous, freestone
S2-28 United States Maryland Schist Potomac Varicolored chlorite, some with cleavage horizontal, some with cleavage vertical
S2-86 United States Minnesota Granite Ortonville pink, med-grain, biotite, Cold Springs Agate