sandstone
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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, which includes some of the most dramatic sandstone sea cliffs and oceanfront trails in Southern California, closed Monday for utility upgrades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
A rash of glass and steel towers surround 19th Century sandstone buildings left from when a hospital occupied the city centre site.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Next to them, sandstone gods with eight hands who sit cross-legged on lotus flowers watch over the temple ponds.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Earth’s sands are often white and its sandstones are usually full of quartz because the mineral is common in granite and it’s very hard to degrade, so it builds up in sediments.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
It also found sandstones with coarse grains, which might have formed in a fast-flowing river.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 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
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