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Cover Page
STORIES IN STONE
By the Same Author The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist A Naturalist’s Guide to Canyon Country
Title Page
Copyright Page
To Marjorie
Table of Contents
Preface
1 “The Most Hideous Stone Ever Quarried”—New York Brownstone
2 The Granite City—Boston Granite
3 Poetry in Stone—Carmel Granite
4 Deep Time in Minnesota—Minnesota Gneiss
5 The Clam That Changed the World—Florida Coquina
6 America’s Building Stone—Indiana Limestone
7 Pop Rocks, Pilfered Fossils, and Phillips Petroleum—Colorado Petrified Wood
8 The Trouble with Michelangelo’s Favorite Stone—Carrara Marble
9 Reading,Writing, and Roofing— East Coast Slate
10 “Autumn 20,000 Years Ago”—Italian Travertine
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
A Note on the Author David B
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