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HALLS 67 AND 68. 
BUILDING STONES AND QUARRY PRODUCTS. 
Hall 67 contains various large specimens of marbles and 
sandstones obtained from exhibits at the Exposition, which are 
arranged as follows: 
Xo. 1. — Column of sandstone pillars capped with grind- 
stones. There are placed in the openings, currier’s blocks, and 
pocket cutlery and edged tool grindstones. All are from northern 
Ohio from strata of the Carboniferous age. 
Xo. 2. — Fountain of Italian marble from Genoa, Italy; 300 
years old; made by Count Fratenello. 
Xo. 3 . — A pyramid of various marbles from Greece. 
Xo. 4.— An anvil, hammer, and cog-wheel chiseled from Bed- 
ford, (Ind.) sandstone. 
Xo. 5. — Four mantel pieces, surrounding an obelisk all made 
of varieties of marble from Norway. 
Xo. 6. — Eight Costa Rica vases, cut from porphyry and 
sandstone. 
Xo. 7. — Sandstone, Indiana. 
Xo. 8.— Pyramid of building stones, including sandstones 
from Ohio and Connecticut, granites from Maine, etc. 
Xo.s. O and 10. — Sandstone Column, New South Wales, 
capped with vases of sandstone from Costa Rica. 
Platforms A and B. — Various granite and sandstone col- 
umns. Blocks of polished marble — Greece. 
Hall 68 contains specimens which illustrate the various build- 
ing stones of the United States. Cubes of these cut to a uniform 
size show on their faces the following kinds of rock finish: rock 
face, pointed face, patent hammered, square drove, tooth chiseled 
and sawed face. 
Artificial and ornamental stones are also illustrated by a large 
number of specimens. 
