sandstone

They are clad variously in red porphyry, black basalt, gray granite and yellowish sandstone from nearby Montjuïc, with emblems symbolizing the four evangelists, the 12 apostles and an assortment of Catholic saints and geographic regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In close proximity to the sandstone peaks of Zion National Park, St. George has a bustling downtown for travelers to return to after a day of hiking.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

The focus of the research is the Altar Stone, a six-ton sandstone megalith located at the center of Stonehenge.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

The exhibition, "American Aspirations," is housed in a vaulted red sandstone hall inside the grand Smithsonian Castle, the institute's original premises on the National Mall.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Behind the dense sandstone of the header, the Captain believed, was a vast, undiscovered coal seam.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Sedimentary rocks like sandstones form when preexisting rocks break down into bits that pile up and stick together to form a new rock.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023

During our dawn scramble across the rocks, we had spotted numerous coal beds sandwiched between the sandstones and mudstones in the lower rock levels.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2022

At Aniakchak, he is most interested in the gray mudstones and yellowish sandstones stacked on each other like layers of a cake.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021

These desert-formed sandstones sit above an unconformity, and this suggests that after a long period with a humid climate, the climate became drier and wind became the dominant agent shaping the environment at Gale Crater.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2018

Their bodies worked rhythmically back and forth, and the sandstones produced a series of harsh, grating screeches that caused icy trickles to run down Ranofer’s spine and set his teeth to aching.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw