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Title: The building and decorative stones of Maryland, containing an account of their properties and distribution
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929 Mathews, Edward Bennett, b. 1869
Subjects: Stone Building stones
Publisher: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WM Q. CLARK STATE QEOLOQIST 1898LEGEND TUSCARORA S. S. ; tV \ POTTSVILLE CONG (_ CAMBRIAN S. S POCONO S. S. : QUARTZ SCHIST ; 9 ; ORISKANY S. S.TBIASSIO S. S. I N i SLATE VOLUME !!. PLATE XXX.
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urn BV A MOen A CO. BAITO. .MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 213 Beer Creek Sandsiones. At the station known as The Rocks, the Baltimore and LehighRailroad and the Deer Creek pass throngh a ridge of highly metamor-phosed hard mioaceons sandstones in a gorge 350 feet below the sum-mit. This ridge extends in a northeasterly and southwesterly direc-tion for a distance of ten to twelve miles and forms a part of thefolded phyllite series wliich arc probal)ly of Cambrian age. The sand-stone of wliich it is cnuijiosed lies geologically some distance above thebase of the series and below the bottom of the Peach Bottom slates. The stone is a micaceous sandstone rich in quai-tz wliich locallybecomes clearly conglomeritic. It contains more or less white mica,rjddritc and bluish kyanite which are the product of secondary crystal-lization due to the metamorphism. The schistosity is well markedand in many instances minute flutings and crinklings are noticeable,producing in a cross section of the rock a s

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