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Norcross Quarry, Route 30, Dorset, Vermont.

Cross-bedded sandstone, Jemez, New Mexico.

Contents

1. Geology
   1. Stone Performance
2. Soil
   1. Soil Texture
   2. Aggregates
   3. Sand
   4. Aggregate Shake Test
   5. Lamotte Soil Test Unit
3. Lime
   1. Lime Cycle
   2. Quicklime
   3. Limes
4. Mortars, Plasters and Cements
   1. Natural Cement
   2. Rosendale Cement
   3. Pozzolana
   4. Mortar Analysis and Matching
   5. Mortar Mixing
   6. Repointing Mortar Joints in Historic Masonry Buildings Preservation Briefs 2, National Park Service. Robert C. Mack, FAIA, and John P. Speweik
   7. Conservation
   8. Joint Preparation: A Job for Pneumatics
   9. Plaster
5. Clay Products
   1. Brick Manufacturing
   2. Terracotta
   3. Analysis and Testing
   4. Conservation
6. Masonry tools
7. Cleaning, Coating, Consolidants

Miscellaneous

• Ward's for geology supplies.
• Stoney Creek Granite Quarry Worker Celebration
• Regolith.com
• Collecting Rocks
• Selected References On Rocks, Minerals, And Gemstones
• National Geologic Map Database, which includes GEOLEX, a search tool for lithologic and geochronologic unit names
• Building Stone of Our Nation's Capitol
• State Geologic Maps
• Geologic Maps of the United States
• National Mapping Information
• Books and Other Publications