The City Rocks: Exploring the Hidden World of Building Stone
http://homepage.mac.com/ebandpck/cityrocks/intro.html

E. Keck, No institutional affiliation is known


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The City Rocks! is an overview of rock types using building stones as examples for each type of rock. The page discusses, in detail, igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks highlighting common architectural uses for each rock type.

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