History and uses of limestones and marbles; (1883) (14787478653)

Vermont marble

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Title: History and uses of limestones and marbles;

Year: 1883 (1880s)

Authors: Burnham, S. M. (Sarah Maria), 1818-1901

Subjects: Limestone Marble

Publisher: Boston, S.E. Cassino and company

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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endants like stalac-tites. The walls of the deep chasm into which the water isprecipitated, consist of thick beds four hundred or five hundredfeet in depth, while a precipice with a sheer descent of four hun-dred feet has been formed under the temples of Vesta and theSybil, with spheroids six or eight feet in diameter, consistingof thin concentric layers. The calcareous tufa, used for build-ing in Naples, is composed of a deposition of volcanic matterin a former bed of the sea, but it is inferior to that of Tivoli.Travertine is found in the ruins of Pompeii, and was used inthe construction of the Temple of Paestum. A volcanic tufa,called Peperino, is a coarse, hard stone of a gray color, oftenenclosing small pebbles. Satin spar is a variety of fibrous limestone with a silkylustre, and is used for inlaid work; it differs from the satinspar of gypsum in its superior hardness and readiness to yieldto the action of acids. Agaric mineral, a very pure carbonate of lime, frequently Plate II.

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^ EUMONT, Reddish-Brown and White. ■> ? ■ • Tennessee, Dark. /RMSTROSB & Co. LlTH. BoiTO.1l DIFFERENT CLASSES OF LIMESTONES. 7 passing into calcareous tufa, is white and soft, easily crumbles,and is sometimes deposited in caverns. Forest, ruin, or fortification marble is an argillaceous lime-stone, presenting when polished, representations of trees,ruins, temples, and fortifications, caused by the infiltration ofoxide of iron, and is used with beautiful effect in mosaic work.•Alabaster.—There are two kinds of alabaster, calcareousand gypseous. True or Oriental alabaster is a carbonate oflime, Hke marble in its chemical properties, but differing frommost marbles in origin, being produced by precipitation andnot from organic and sedimentary deposits. It has a greatertranslucency than marble, and takes a fine polish, constitutingone of the most agreeable ornamental stones, ranking next togems ; it was extensively used for decoration by the ancients.A very white, transluchistoryusesoflim00burn

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