Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada (1912)
Parks, William A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch (1901-1936) · Ottawa : Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch · leaf 294
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 quarried… … 197 The slone: No. 487.—A fine grained, wliite gypsum, clouded throiigh-out with greyish matter of an argilhxceous 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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