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2. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Champion Stone Company, Lueder's Limestone quarry mining from the Lueders Basin outside Abilene, Texas with more than 100 years of Limestone reserves, 14 harvestable layers of limestone and over 12 color options. Tubb Quarry, a shotrock limestone quarry located on the Big Spring Mesa approximately 10 miles south of Big Spring, Texas.

3. Limestone - Wikipedia

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   Limestone was also a very popular building block in the Middle Ages in the areas where it occurred, since it is hard, durable, and commonly occurs in easily accessible surface exposures. Many medieval churches and castles in Europe are made of limestone. Beer stone was a popular kind of limestone for medieval buildings in southern England. [109]

4. List of types of limestone - Wikipedia

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   Caen Stone – Limestone quarried near Caen, France; Lutetian limestone – Type of limestone from Paris, or "Paris stone" (city buildings are widely faced with it) . Saint-Maximin – commune in Oise, France, or Oise, limestone (variety of Lutetian)

5. Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company - Wikipedia

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   The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company operated the world's largest limestone quarry (Michigan Limestone; a/k/a the "Calcite Quarry"; "Calcite Plant and Mill"; and "Carmeuse Lime and Stone"), which is located near Rogers City in Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was formed and organized in 1910; however, production did not begin until 1912.

6. Ford reopened quarry to get exact limestone match for ... - AOL

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   Limestone varies in color and pattern, and Bill Ford required a perfect match for Michigan Central Station in Detroit. ... 200 truckloads of stone "They had thousands of blocks extracted and ...

7. Hokie Stone - Wikipedia

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   Hokie Stone is a grey dolomite—limestone rock found near Blacksburg, in western Virginia. It gets its name from the traditional nickname attributed to students and alumni of Virginia Tech . Hokie Stone is quarried by Virginia Tech for campus projects and is prominently displayed on the majority of buildings throughout the Blacksburg campus .