BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES. 



641 



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 Maine, specimens of hornblende biotito gran- 

 ite from 549 



specimens of muscovite biotite gneiss 



from 548,549 



specimens of muscovite biotite granite 



from 549 



specimens of slate from 549 



Malle^ used in stone-working 330 



Marble, characters of 371 



definition of 525 



in Vermont, Eolian 388 



" Isle La Motte " 391 



"Lepanto" 390 



Lyonaise 390 



Plymouth 396 



quarries in Vermont 289 



quarrying 311 



quarrying in Montgomery County, Pa. 289 



quarrying in New England, early 288 



Marble?, Alabama 374 



Arkansas 375 



Belgium 476 



California , 375 



Colorado 376 



colored 385 



Connecticut .. 376 



Delaware 376 



exportation of 513 



Georgia 377 



shrinkage in 332 



imports and exports of 512 



Iowa 377 



Italy 480 



localities of 374 



Maryland 378 



Massachusetts 379 



Missouri 379 



Montana — 480 



New York 380 



North Carolina 381 



Pennsylvania 382 



specific gravity of 334 



Tennessee 383 



Texas 385 



Utah 386 



Vermont 386 



Virginia 391 



Markets for Massachusetts granite 287 



Marmolite, North Carolina 367 



Mannor Lacedcemonium viride 433 



Maryland, bracket of carved slate from 551 



granites in 418 



marbles in 378 



sandstones in 4 49 



serpentine in 364 



slates in 460 



specimen of biotite epidote gneiss from . 531 



specimen of hornblende gneiss from 551 



specimen of magnesian limestone from. 551 



specimen of siliceous limestone from .. 551 



specimens of biotite gneiss from 550 



specimens of biotite granite from 550 



specimens of conglomerate breccia [mar- 

 ble] from 550, 551 



specimens of dolomite [marble] from - . 550 



H, Mis, 170, pt. 2 41 



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 Maryland, specimens of magnesian lime- 

 stone [marble] from 550 



specimens of sandstone from 551 



specimens of serpentine from 549, 550 



specimens of slate from 551 



specimens of steatite from 549 



Massachusetts, diabase in 435 



granites in 418 



marbles in 379 



porphyry in 428 



sandstones in 450 



serpentine in 363 



slates in 466 



soapstone in 358 



specimen of biotite granite from 553 



specimen of conglomerate from 555 



specimen of granite from 555 



specimen of hornblende biotite [annitej 



granite from 554 



specimen of magnesian limestone from. 552 



specimen of melaphyr from 555 



specimen of muscovite biotito gneiss . . . 553 

 specimen of muscovite biotite granite 



from 555 



specimen of quartz porphyry from 555 



specimen of steatite from 551 



specimens of biotite gneiss from 553, 554 



specimen of biotite granite from 554 



specimens of biotite muscovite granite 



from 555 



specimens of diabase from 555 



specimens of dolomite [marble] from. . . 552 



specimens of epidote granite from 553 



specimens of hornblende granite from. 552, £53, 



554, 555 

 specimens of limestone [marble] from.. 552 

 specimens of magnesian limestone [mar- 

 ble] from 552 



specimens of muscovite gneiss from 553 



specimens of sandstone from 555 



specimens of sorpentine from 551 



Massive, definition of 523 



Mather, Professor, on roofing- slate forma- 

 tion in New York 468 



Matthews, Jonathan, quarried granite 288 



Maxville limestones in Ohio 456 



McDonald stone-cutting machine 328 



Melaphyr, characters of 438 



places of occurrence of 438 



Methods of cutting and polishing stone 609 



of quaiTj ing and dressing 310 



Mexican onyx, occurrence and colors of 482 



Mexico, specimen of basalt tuff from 615 



building stones of 482 



specimen of dacite from 615 



specimen of limestone from 611 



specimen of marble from 610 



specimen of pumice tuff from 615 



specimen of rhyolite pitcli stone from. . 614 



specimen of travertine from 011 



specimens of andesite from 614 



specimens of basalt from 615 



specimens of gypsum from 610 



specimens of hornblende andesite 

 from 614,615 



