Sandstone

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English: Sandstone is a sedimentary rock.

Deutsch: Sandstein ist ein Sedimentgestein aus miteinander verkitteten Sandkörnern, die vorwiegend aus Quarz bestehen.

Magyar: Homokkő kvarctartalmú üledékes kőzet.

日本語: 砂岩

in nature[edit]

Sandstone cliff in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sandstone with a high quartz content
Torridonian Sandstone
Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany
Red sandstone, Namibia
sandstone in Colorado
Arches National Park
red sandstone corridor in the Antelope Canyon, Arizona
sandstone rock in the Eifel, Germany
"Falkenstein" in the Saxon Switzerland, Germany
Sandstone in Góry Stołowe, Silesia
Sandstone rocks in western Slovakia

digging[edit]

closed sandstone quarry near Radom, Poland
closed sandstone quarry near Stadt Wehlen, Germany
closed sandstone quarry near Stadt Wehlen, Germany

Applications[edit]

Eingang Gutleuthofkapelle in Heidelberg-Schlierbach (Deutschland)
sculpture "Maria Immaculata" in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Nepomuk statue in Ahlen, Germany
babtistery, Hamra kyrka, Sweden
altar in Gothems kyrka, Sweden
electoral saxonian post mile pillar in Bad Gottleuba, Germany
Architectural elements in Schriesheim, Baden-Württemberg
Oil lamp found in Lascaux, France. 17,000 BP.
sandstone used as boundary stone around ban border of Herzog Alexander von Württemberg possession "Geigenholz", Germany

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Sandstone