{"id":7555,"date":"2013-11-20T13:41:54","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T20:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selectstone.com\/journal\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2016-06-14T13:45:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T19:45:16","slug":"sandstones-up-close-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.selectstone.com\/journal\/featured\/2013\/sandstones-up-close-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandstones Up Close"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HandYou can tell a lot about a masonry stone by looking at it through a magnifying glass. A simple 10- or 15-power hand lens particularly reveals a lot with sandstones. The photos shown below were shot with good lighting and a macro camera lens; however, a similar view, if not quite as clear, is possible with a hand lens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click any image below to see a full-screen view.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Frontier\u00ae<\/sub><\/span> Sandstone<\/span><\/p>\n

\"FRONTIER<\/a>We quarry the Frontier Sandstone in the rolling plains of central Montana. From it we make a beautiful variety of paving stones and wall stones. Up close, you can see the sand grains tightly bound together with calcium carbonate cement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flatwillow Moss RockTM<\/sub><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"FLATWILLOW<\/a>Flatwillow Moss Rock is a fieldstone that we quarry in northern Montana. Up close, you can see that Flatwillow is composed or coarse, angular sand grains consisting of a variety of minerals, some of which oxidize (rust) to give the stone its characteristic weathered brown tones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eagle Moss RockTM<\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n

\"EAGLE<\/a><\/p>\n

Eagle Moss Rock is often light colored on freshly broken surfaces, as shown above.\u00a0 However, this sandstone also contains dark iron-rich mineral grains that rust when exposed to the atmosphere.\u00a0 This gives Eagle Moss Rock a mostly tan and brown color once it has weathered for a year or two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homestead FieldstoneTM<\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n

\"HOMESTEAD<\/a>Homestead Fieldstone predominantly consists of quartz grains; however, it also contains iron-rich mineral grains that rust when exposed near the surface.\u00a0 It is the rusting of these iron-rich minerals that gives Homestead Fieldstone its characteristic reddish-brown color.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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