The most interesting building material in the entire state of Maryland is the " Potomac marble," " calico rock " or " Potomac breccia," which has been used occasionally for the greater portion of the century. Stones for Building and Decoration - Seite 92von George Perkins Merrill - 1891 - 453 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Arkansas Geological Survey - 1893 - 532 Seiten
...Calico " or " Potomac " marble, found near the Point of Rocks, Maryland, is said by Prof. Merrill* to be the only true conglomerate or breccia marble that...been utilized to any extent in the United States. It consists of rounded and angular fragments of quartz and magnesian limestone of red, white, pale... | |
| George Perkins Merrill - 1889 - 416 Seiten
...pure white color that has been very extensively used for general building purposes in Baltimore and Washington and the neighboring towns, and to a less...sizes, up to several inches in diameter, of quartz and maguesian limestone imbedded in a fine gray calcareous groundmass. This composition renders the proper... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1889 - 908 Seiten
...Capitol extensions at Washington, DC Near Union Bridge, in Frederick County, there occurs я flue-grained and compact white magnesian limestone, but which has...extent in the United States is found near Point of Eocks. Frederick County, in this State. The rock, which belongs geologically to the Triassic formations,... | |
| George Perkins Merrill - 1889 - 414 Seiten
...and compact white magnesian limestone, but which has not been quarried to any extent. The only trne conglomerate or breccia marble that has ever been utilized to -any extent in the United Sutes is found near Point of Rocks. Frederick County, in this State. The rock, which belongs geologically... | |
| Arkansas Geological Survey - 1893 - 530 Seiten
...Calico " or " Potomac " marble, found near the Point of Rocks, Maryland, is said by Prof. Merrill* to be the only true conglomerate or breccia marble that...been utilized to any extent in the United States. It consists of rounded and angular fragments of quartz and magnesian limestone of red, white, pale... | |
| Maryland Geological Survey - 1898 - 626 Seiten
...the greater portion of the century. The chief interest in this rock arises from the fact that it is " the only true conglomerate or breccia marble that...been utilized to any extent in the United States." ' This conglomerate is found in several places along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge and is most... | |
| Maryland Geological Survey - 1898 - 628 Seiten
...the greater portion of the century. The chief interest in this rock arises from the fact that it is " the only true conglomerate or breccia marble that...been utilized to any extent in the United States." * This conglomerate is found in several places along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge and is most... | |
| Geological Survey of Arkansas - 1898 - 530 Seiten
...Calico " or " Potomac " marble, found near the Point of Rocks, Maryland, is said by Prof. Merrill* to be the only true conglomerate or breccia marble that...been utilized to any extent in the United States. It consists of rounded and angular fragments of quartz and magnesian limestone of red, white, pale... | |
| Maryland Geological Survey - 1898 - 630 Seiten
...the greater portion of the century. The chief interest in this rock arises from the fact that it is " the only true conglomerate or breccia marble that...been utilized to any extent in the United States." ' This conglomerate is found in several places along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge and is most... | |
| Maryland Geological Survey - 1898 - 628 Seiten
...the greater portion of the century. The chief interest in this rock arises from the fact that it is " the only true conglomerate or breccia marble that...been utilized to any extent in the United States." l This conglomerate is found in several places along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge and is most... | |
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