Appendix G. 



CATALOGUE OF TEE COLLECTION OF BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL 

 STONES IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



I. United States and Territories. 



ALABAMA. 



Limestone. Fine ; dark drab. Calera, Shelby County. Calera Lime Works. Cen- 

 tennial, 187G. 17481. 



Fossil ifero u s ; semi-erystalline ; very light drab. Near Florence, Lauderdale 



County. Douglass quarries. Maj. W. R. King, U. S. Army. 2732-S. 

 Fossiliferous; semi-crystalline; light drab. Near Florence, Lauderdale County. 



Ifarkiu's quarry. Maj. W. R, King, U. S. Army. 27327. 

 Coarse ; porous ; light bull". Turk's Cave. U. S. Geological Survey, 1884. 



35782. 

 Oolitic; fino; light colored. Near Dickson, Colbert County. Quarries of T. 



L: Fossick & Co. Tenth Census, 1880; 2 specimens. 26759. 

 Fine; light brown ; fossiliferous. Near Tnscumbia, Colbert County. Bowser's 



quarry. Maj. W. K. King, U. S. Army. 273i.'5. 

 Oolitic; semi-crystalline; drab. Trinity, Lawrence County.. Trinity quarry. 



Maj. W. R. King, U. S. Army. 27329. 



Fossiliferous; semi-crystalline; light colored. Near Leighton, Lawrence 



County. Walkers quarry. Maj. W. R. King, U. S. Army. 27320. 

 Limestone [marble]. White; crystalline. About 4 by 4 by 2 inches. Talladega 

 County. Centennial, 1876. 17482. 



Pure white ; crystalline. 5f by 4 by 1 inches. Talladega, Talladega County. 



A. W. Bowie's quarry. Tenth Census, 1880. 27314. 

 Sandstone. Dark yellow ; coarse ; porous. Do Kalb County. Collinsville quarry. 

 Tenth Census. 25918. 



Gray; fine and conrpact ; with pyrite. Near Greensport, St. Clair County. 



Gibson's quarry. Tenth Census. 27330. 



ARIZONA. 



Limestone. Fine; light buff. Near Albuquerque, Yavapai County. John S. F. 



Batchen, 1884. 35745. 

 Sandstone. Deep pink ; fine and compact. Yavapai County. Chino quarry. John 



S. F. Batchen. 35571. 



Light colored ; finegrained. Yavapai County. Canon Diablo quarry. John 



S. F. Batchen. 35744. 



ARKANSAS. 



Elaeolite syenite. Very coarse. Large block, 5 feet square by 12 inches thick; 

 one face polished, and with carved inscription, " Specimen from the Diamond Jo 

 Granite Co., Hot Springs, Arkansas." Hot Springs. Diamond Jo quarry. John 

 S. F. Batcheu, 1883. 28599. 

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