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Wall Number Country State Classification Source Description
S1-15 United States Massachusetts Granite Quincy dark-gray, coarse-grain hornblende
S2-117 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
S2-22 United States Maryland Schist Potomac some with cleavage vertical, Varicolored chlorite, some with cleavage horizontal
S2-80 United States New Hampshire Granite Concord gray, medium-grain, muscovite-biotite
10La32 United States Maine Granite Dix Island gray, coarse grain, biotite
10LB45 United States New Hampshire Granite Plymouth gray, medium grain, biotite
10RB12 United States Iowa Limestone Iowa City brown, medium grain, compact, Devonian
11LA20 United States Iowa Limestone Bristow buff, fine grain, compact, Devonian
11LB42 United States North Carolina Gneiss Hickory gray, coarse grain, biotite
2R4 United States Tennessee Marble Knoxville cut from same block as 2L4, pink, dark crowfoot veins, coarse grain, calcite
6RQ United States Ohio Sandstone McDermont light gray, fine grain, porous
12LA34 United States Indiana Limestone Corydon nearly white, fine grain, compact, oolitic
4LA11 United States Georgia Marble Tate cut from same block as 4RA11, white, dark clouds, coarse grain, Lower Silurian calcite
7LB23 United States North Carolina Quartz Charlotte white, dark-spotted, Leopard Rock, Porphyritic
12RA21 United States Iowa Limestone Marshalltown light drab, fine grain, compact, arenaceous, calcite
12RB7 United States New York Limestone Indian Res. Onondaga Co. gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, magnesian
5LA11 United States Ohio Sandstone Windham cream-colored, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
13LB18 United States Vermont Marble W. Rutland cut from same block as 13RB20, grayish-white, dark-veined, Lower Silurian, calcite
5LB28 United States California Tuff Cordelia gray, coarse andesite
8La11 United States Illinois Limestone Belknap gray, medium-gr, compact
5RA43 United States New Jersey Diabase Weehawken dark gray, fine grain
8LB27 United States Maine Granite St. George dark gray, fine grain, biotite
13RB5 United States New York Limestone Kingston dark gray, medium grain, compact, magnesian, carboniferous
6LA12 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Reading brownish-purple, medium grain, porous, Triassic
8RA40 United States New Jersey Sandstone Belleville brown, medium grain, porous, Triassic
14LB14 United States Iowa Dolomite Osage Sta. dark gray, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous-bearing, Devonian
6LB28 United States New York Sandstone Mt. Pleasant blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
9EE United States Ohio Sandstone Glenmont gray and buff, coarse-grain, porous, Briar Hill
14RA27 United States Tennessee Limestone Nashville dark gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous, Lower Silurian
6RA41 United States Maryland Argillite (Slate) Nr. Cardiff blue-black, medium coarse texture, roofing
9LB25 United States North Carolina Serpentine Reem's Creek dark brownish-green, light-green specks
14RB41 United States Maryland Marble Cockeysville brown, medium grain, dolomite, Mar Villa
9RA12 United States Iowa Limestone Iowa City gray, coarse grain, porous, fossiliferous, Devonian
9RB29 United States New York Sandstone Sawkill dark-blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
S1-45 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Red, fine-grain, compact, Crab Orchard Stone
S2-147 United States Georgia Marble Tate pink, coarse-grain calcite marble, Etowah
S2-52 United States Minnesota Granite Sauk Rapids pinkish-gray, corase-grain, biotite
10LB17 United States Pennsylvania Soapstone Montgomery Co. gray, dark-mottled, coarse grain, compact
10RB42 United States Oregon Basalt Albany dark gray, medium grain, compact
11LB14 United States Missouri Dolomite Stoutland light gray, fine grain, siliceous
11RA30 United States Tennessee Marble Knoxville cut from the same block as 11LA26, pink, medium grain, calcite, Ross Pink
2D United States Virginia Greenstone Lynchburg green, coarse grain, actinolite schist, Virginia Greenstone
6RB24 United States North Carolina Granite Salisbury light gray, fine grain, Archaean, biotite
12B United States Maine Granite Mt. Desert pink, medium to coarse, biotite, Somes Sound
3R1 United States Vermont Marble Danby white, dark-clouded, medium grain, calcite, Danby D Building Grade
7LA35 United States Missouri Granite Iron Co. Red, medium grain, biotite
12LB30 United States Pennsylvania Marble Avondale brownish-gray, coarse, micaceous
12RB15 United States Iowa Dolomite Sabula buff, fine grain, compact, ferruginous, Upper Silurian
4RA10 United States Alabama Marble Gantt's Quarry Cut from same block as 4LA10, white, dark parallel veins, fine grain calcite
7ra10 United States Arkansas Marble Nr. Batesville nearly black, fine grain, calcite
5LA41 United States New Jersey Granite Morristown dark-green and white, coarse grain, hornblende
13LB5 United States New York Marble Lockport pinkish-gray, coarse grain, magnesian, fossiliferous, Upper Silurian
5RA15 United States Ohio Sandstone Cambridge light gray, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
8La41 United States Mississippi Sandstone Rankin Co. yellow, fine grain, compact, argillaceous
13RB2 United States Illinois Dolomite Joilet light gray, fine grain, compact, Upper Silurian
5RB31 United States Georgia Marble Holly Spgs. green, fine grain, serpentine
8RA12 United States Illinois Limestone Jonesborough light gray, medium grain, compact, oolitic
14LA3 United States Illinois Dolomite Joilet light gray, fine grain, compact, Upper Silurian
6LA42 United States New Jersey Sandstone Stockton light purplish-brown, coarse grain, porous, Triassic
8RB28 United States New York Sandstone Broadhead's Bridge dark blue gray, fine grain, compact, Devonian
14LB44 United States Kentucky Limestone Frankford Franklin Co. drab, fine grain, compact
6RA13 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Goldsboro purplish-brown, medium grain, compact, Triassic
9LA39 United States Indiana Sandstone French Lick Twp. light gray, fine grain, porous, Lower carboniferous
14RB13 United States Ohio Dolomite Sandusky light gray, mottled, fine grain, compact, bituminous, Devonian
1D United States Virginia Greenstone Lynchburg green, coarse grain, actinolite schist, Virginia Greenstone
9RA41 United States Illinois Sandstone Carbondale light brown, fine grain, porous
S1-16 United States Maine Granite Unknown pink, med-grain, biotite
S2-118 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Crab Orchanrd Stone, variegated colors, some on bed and some on edge, in 3- to 6 in. thicknesses
S2-23 United States Maryland Schist Potomac Varicolored chlorite, some with cleavage horizontal, some with cleavage vertical
S2-81 United States Massachusetts Granite Quincy dark-gray, coarse-grain, hornblende
10LA33 United States Maine Granite Vinal Haven gray, fine grain, biotite
10Lb46 United States Wisconsin Sandstone Mauston light gray, fine grain, porous, Lower Silurian
10RB13 United States Iowa Limestone Blansett light gray, medium grain, compact, oolitic
11LA21 United States Missouri Limestone Pleasant Hill gray, fine grain, compact, carboniferous
2R5 United States Vermont Marble Danby white, yellow-clouded, medium grain, calcite, Imperial Danby Buildindg and Memorial Grade
6WE United States Ohio Sandstone Amherst gray, medium-grain, porous
12LA35 United States Indiana Limestone Spencer light gray, medium grain, porous, Lower carboniferous, bituminous
4LA12 United States Vermont Marble Brandon white, green and gray veins, medium grain, calcite
7LB24 United States Maine Granite Pownal gray, fine grain, biotite
12RB8 United States New York Limestone Springfield Center dark-drab, fine grain, compact, magnesian, Devonian
7RA40 United States Montana Diorite Helena gray, medium grain
13LB19 United States Vermont Marble Center Rutland cut from the same block as 13LB17, white, gray-veined, fine grain, Lower Silurian, calcite
5LB29 United States California Basalt Bridgeport gray, fine grain, compact
8LA12 United States Illinois Limestone Kinderhook light gray, medium grain, compact, semicrystalline, carboniferous
5RA44 United States Vermont Argillite (Slate) Castleton blue-black, fine grain, rough-texture roofing slate
8LB28 United States New York Sandstone Hulberton brownish-purple, fine grain, porous, Upper Silurian
13RB6 United States New York Limestone Willsborough black, fine grain, compact, fossiliferous, magnesian, Lower Silurian
6La13 United States Pennsylvania Sandstone Monongahela City buff, coarse grain, porous, carboniferous
8ra41 United States New Jersey Sandstone Greensburg light Brownish-purple, coarse grain, compact, Triassic
14LB15 United States Iowa Dolomite Manchester light gray, fine grain, compact, Niagara
6LB29 United States New York Gneiss Hastings dark gray, white-banded, fine grain, biotite
14RA28 United States Tennessee Limestone Carter's Station Creek light gray, coarse grain, compact, fossiliferous
6RA42 United States New Jersey Sandstone Martinville drab, fine grain, compact, Triassic
14RB42 United States Maryland Marble Frederick variegated, coarse, Triassic, conglomerate
1R7 United States Massachusetts Granite Quincy dark gray, coarse grain, riebeckite-aegirite
9RA13 United States Kansas Limestone Lane gray, medium grain, compact, fossiliferous
9RB3 United States Tennessee Marble Knoxville pink, medium grain, fossiliferous, Lower Silurian
S1-46 United States Tennessee Sandstone Crossville Red, fine-grain, compact, Crab Orchard Stone
S2-148 United States Georgia Marble Tate gray, coarse-grain calcite marble, Silver Gray
S2-53 United States Colorado Granodiorite Mountain Cross bluish-gray, fine-grain