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Obernkirchen Sandstone
This is a list of types of
sandstone that have been or are used economically as
natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes.
Trans-regional
(across state borders)
Australia
University of Sydney built from Hawkesbury Sandstone
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
- Nexø Sandstone (also Neksø Sandstone): near
Nexø on
Bornholm
Estonia
Devonian Sandstone at Suur Taevaskoda,
Põlva County,
Estonia
France
Germany
Bavaria
Adams Gate at
Bamberg Cathedral made of Burgpreppach Sandstone
Quarry in Worzeldorf (Nuremberg)
Baden-Württemberg
Hessen
Lower Saxony
North Rhine –Westphalia
Coat of arms of the town of Anröchte made of Anröchte Stone
Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland
Saxony
Dresden's Zwinger Palace, made of Cotta Sandstone
Elbe sandstones:
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
Hungary
India
Israel/Palestine
Italy
Lesotho
- White City Sandstone, near
Maseru
Pakistan
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
South Africa
A piece of
Table Mountain Sandstone
- Ermelo Sandstone,
Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de Roodepoort
- Matatiele Sandstone,
KwaZulu-Natal province, near Matatiele
- Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone)
Limpopo province, around
Warmbaths
- Nieuwoudtville Sandstone,
Northern Cape province, near
Nieuwoudtville
- Oudtshoorn Sandstone,
Western Cape province, near
Oudtshoorn
- Sandalwood (also Picturestone), Northern Cape province, near
Vioolsdrif
- Steenpan (also Flatpan or Klippan),
Free State province, near Wolvehoek
-
Table Mountain Sandstone
Western Cape province, various quarry sites
- numerous types, some without trade names, from the
Karoo Supergroup in many quarries near
Graaff-Reinet,
Cradock,
Queenstown,
Aliwal North,
Burgersdorp and
Sterkstroom
Těšínský sandstone quarry (Goulda Sandstone)
United Kingdom
Horsham Stone
England
Wales
United States
The Three Gossips tower in
Arches National Park is
Entrada Sandstone of the
Colorado Plateau
See also
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Sandstone.
References