sandstone

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In 2024, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art returned 14 artefacts looted by Latchford, including a 10th century sandstone goddess statue and a large 7th century Buddha head.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Known as North America's most fertile source of dinosaur fossils, it contains massive deposits of mudstone, sandstone, and limestone from ancient rivers and floodplains.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

The majestic sandstone villa on Madison Avenue that the company shared with the Archdiocese of New York, and the quaint house in its logo, conveyed a sense of noncorporate charm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

They went to the Valley of Fire State Park, which features fantastical sandstone formations the same color as the museum’s renderings.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Pai gave them rectangular chunks of sandstone and a few barked-out orders.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw