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... 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 348

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limestone. In places the serpentine formsmasses a foot or more in diameter of a dark olive-green colour. Brecciatedstructure is to be observed as well as numerous veinlets and flaws. Thewhole deposit seems much too variable for the extraction of blocks suffi-ciently alike to recommend the use of… … SerpeiuiiKi from Orlord mountain, Ouebec. 233 The stone: No. 622.—Massive translucent olive-green serpentineshowing glistening facets in places and occasional included crystals of whitecalcite; it occurs in association with No. 623. No. 623.—This is the most abundant variety and gives the…

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