sandstone
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"The film Kevin has written shows Glasgow in a warm light, literally and figuratively. The red sandstone flats, Kelvingrove, the pubs – it's all there."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
Future breakthroughs in studying ancient terrestrial life may not come from traditional fossil-bearing rocks like shale or sandstone, but from iron-rich deposits hidden beneath the surface.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
The sandstone cliffs were home to Buddhist monks who carved caves in them to use as living quarters and as sanctuary for weary traveling pilgrims.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
More than 50 York sandstones are reported to have been taken from Grade II listed St George's Church in Tyldesley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, in the early hours of Thursday morning.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025
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
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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