... Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I-V (1912)
Parks, W. A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch · Ottawa : Government printing bureau · leaf 292
to New York for purposes of decoration. In places, particularlytowards the top, the stone is of a whiter colour (489), but it is doubtfulif large uniform blocks of this type could be quarried. On the floor ofthe upper bench of the excavation is a band of anhydrite 8 feet thickwhich could be… … 197 The stone: No. 487.—A fine grained, white gypsum, clouded through-out with greyish matter of an argillaceous nature. The compact natureand the fine grain of this stone make its use as a decorative substancefor indoor use quite possible. No. 488.-—Crystalline anhydrite of a bluish colour and…
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