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What kind of stone is this?

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From: Simon <moonsong@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:35:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: What kind of stone is this?

Quoted text begins.I'm working with a considerable amount of gray stone which I rescued from
the excavation for a highway.
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Graywacke? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greywacke

Some geology publications listed here: (copy and paste the whole link)
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/
charles_merguerian/On%20The%20Rocks/LocalityListBlurb.htm
(13 Glacial Geology of Long Island, NY, 1996, 133 p.)

Simon

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