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Limestones and Dolomites


A limestone ridge in the Canadian Rockies.

Limestones, and a modified form called dolomite, were deposited in reefs, lagoons, and as fine-grained calcium carbonate sediment (chalk) on the ocean floor. They are usually quarried in large blocks or slabs and then chopped or sawn into smaller pieces.  Most limestones are light-colored (light gray, buff, tan) with textures that range from very dense and fine grained to relatively light and porous.  Limestones are also commonly rich in marine fossils.

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Palomino Cortona Limestone
An attractive light-buff colored limestone in semi-rectangular and irregular blocks.


Glen Rose Glen Rose Limestone
An attractive light gray, fossil-rich limestone in semi-rectangular blocks.


Garden City Buff Garden City Buff
A tan-buff colored, fossil-rich limestone that has been chopped in rectangular shapes.


Garden City Gray Garden City Gray
A gray limestone chopped in rectangular shapes or as an irregular rubble.


CRgraybuff Cottonwood Limestone
A light gray- to cream-colored limestone chopped or sawn into rectangular shapes.


pilgrim Pilgrim Limestone
A light gray to tan limestone chopped or sawn into roughly rectangular blocks.


Cotswold Gold Campden Gold
A honey-colored English limestone sawn and chopped into a coursed ashlar.


Cotswold Buff Campden Buff
A buff-colored English limestone sawn and chopped into a coursed ashlar.


Russet Siena Limestone
A yellow and gray limestone that is broken into roughly rectangular shapes.


Springfield Blend Springfield Blend
A mix of buff and gray limestones available in either rectangular or irregular shapes.


Tuxedo Gray Tuxedo Gray Limestone
A hard gray limestone that is broken on a guillotine into rectangular shapes.


CRgraybuff Castle Rock
A multi-colored dolomite that is guillotined into sharp squares and rectangles.


CRgraybuff
Charcoal Limestone
A uniform dark gray limestone.


lakevalley Lake Valley Limestone
A tan-colored limestone, usually chopped or sawn into roughly rectangular blocks.

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