Aquia Creek sandstone
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Descripción
A brown to light-gray siliceous sandstone from Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. It contains rounded, coarse to fine grains of quartz as well as scattered pebbles and clay pellets as big as 1 inch in diameter; it splits easily in any desired direction. Aquia Creek sandstone was one of the important building stones in early Washington, D.C.
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Otros términos
- Aquia Creek-zandsteen [nl]
- arenisca de Aquia Creek [es]
- Aquia sandstone [en]
- freestone, Virginia [en]
- sandstone, Aquia [en]
- sandstone, Aquia Creek [en]
- Virginia freestone [en]