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Italy, specimen ot volcanic tuff from 621 



specimens of breccia marble from 620 



specimens of granite from 621 



specimens of limestone from 621 



specimens of marble from 618, 619, 620 



specimens of sandstone from 621 



specimens of serpentine from 618 



specimens of travertine from 620, 621 



J. 



Jackson, Dr., on slate in Maine 466 



Japan, building stones of 482 



specimens of marble from 632 



specimens of steatite from 631 



Joints, definition of 532 



in rocks 310 



Joliet limestone quarries 395 



K. 



Kansas, limestones and dolomites in 393 



sandstones in 419 



specimens of dolomite from 543 



specimens of limestone from 541 , 542, 543 



specimens of sandstone from 543, 544 



Kentucky, limestones and dolomites in 399 



sandstone in 449 



specimens of dolomite from 546 



specimeus of limestone from 544, 545, 546 



specimens of sandstone from 546 



Kuhlman's process for protecting stone 356 



L. 



Labradorite granite or norite 437 



Lathes, use of 327 



Lawrence, Amos 286 



Ledge, definition of 523 



"Lepanto" marble 390 



Lepidomelano, description of 296 



Lewin's process, for protection of atone 356 



Lewis hole, definition of 523 



Limestone, bituminous, description of 372 



blue, specific gravity of 334 



compact common, characters of 372 



crystalline, characters of 371 



definition of 523 



Helderburg 400 



hydraulic 372 



lithographic 372 



Limestones and dolomites, Alabama 392 



Arkansas 392 



Colorado 392 



Florida.- 392 



Illinois 394 



Indiana 396 



Iowa 398 



Kansas 393 



Kentucky 399 



Maine 400 



Michigan 400 



Minnesota 400 



Missouri 402 



Nebraska 402 



New York 402 



North Carolina — .,.,, 403 



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Limestones and dolomites, occurrence of 392 



Ohio 404 



Pennsylvania 405 



Tennessee 405 



Texas 405 



Wisconsin 406 



Limestones and marbles, Africa 475 



foreign 475 



Limestone, chemical composition of 371 



composed largely of organic remains. . . 373 



crinoidal 373 



dolomitic 373 



fossiliferous 373 



magnesian 373 



oolitic, description of 372 



origin of 371 



shell 373 



varieties of 371 



Limonite 301 



Liparito, adaptability for constructive pur- 

 poses 429 



chemical composition of 429 



mineral composition of 429 



places of occurrence 430 



varieties of 429 



Lisbon marble, color and texture of 483 



List of important stone structures in the 



United States 515 



List of minerals occuiring in building and 



ornamental stones 293 



Lithographic limestone, description of 372 



Liver rock, definition of 523 



Lizard serpentine 362 



Logan group of rocks in Ohio 456 



Louisiana, specimen of sandstone from 546 



specimens of quartzite from 546 



Lumachelle marble, characters and source 



of 480 



Lyonaise marble, use of 390 



definition of 523 



M. 



Machines used in stone working 320 



Macroscopic structuie of rocks 302 



"Madrepore" marble 378 



from Devonian bed near Charles City, 



Iowa 399 



Magnesian limestones 373 



Magnetic iron ore, characters of 301 



Magnetite, characters of 301 



Maine, diabase in 434 



granites in 413 



limestones and dolomites in 400 



porphyry in 428 



serpentine in 364 



slates in 466 



specimens of biotite muscovite granite 



from 548 



specimen of diabase from 549 



specimen of elseoli^e syenite from 549 



specimen of hornblende granite from . . 549 



specimen of serpentine from 546 



specimen of talcose schist from 549 



specimens of biotite gneiss from 548 



specimens of biotite granite from. 546, 547, 548 



