Global Heritage Stone: Worldwide Examples of Heritage Stones
Product code: SP486
Print publication date: 05/11/2020
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Resources and Economic Geology, Environmental Geology, Engineering Geology
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781786204080
Author/Edited by: Edited by J. T. Hannibal, S. Kramar and B. J. Cooper
Weight: 0.95kg
Number of pages: 354
Online publication date: 20/10/2020
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/486/1
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Special Publication 486
Heritage stones are building and ornamental stones that have special significance in human culture. The papers in this volume discuss a wide variety of such materials, including stones from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. Igneous (basalt, porphyry, granite), sedimentary (sandstone, limestone) and metamorphic (marble, quartzite, gneiss, soapstone, slate) stones are featured. These have been utilized over long periods of time for a wide range of uses contributing to the historic fabric of the built environment. Many of these stones are of international significance, and so are potential Global Heritage Stone Resources, that is stones that have the requisite qualities for international recognition by the Heritage Stones Subcommission of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The papers bring together diverse information on these stones ranging from their geological setting and quarry locations to mechanical properties, current availability, and uses over time. As such the papers can serve as an entry into the literature on these important stones.
Hannibal, J. T., Kramar, S. and Cooper, B. J. Worldwide examples of global heritage stones: an introduction
Walter, S. M. Victorian Bluestone: A proposed Global Heritage Stone Province from Australia
Primavori, P. and Angheben, A. Trentino Porphyry, Italy
Freire-Lista, D. M. and Fort, R. Cadalso de los Vidrios leucogranite ‘Blanco Cristal’: a widely used heritage stone from Spain
Bulakh, A., Härmä, P., Panova, E. and Selonen, O. Rapakivi granite in the architecture of St Petersburg: a potential Global Heritage Stone from Finland and Russia
Shaffer, N. R. Indiana Limestone: America’s building stone
Kölbl-Ebert, M. and Cooper, B. J. Solnhofener Plattenkalk: a heritage stone of international significance from Germany
Dumont, T. and Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Industriel d’Autrefois. Échaillon stone from France: a Global Heritage Stone Resource proposal
Tourneur, F. Global Heritage Stone: Belgian black ‘marbles’
Kramar, S., Žbona, N., Bedjanič, M., Mladenović, A. and Rožič, B. Drenov Grič Black limestone: a heritage stone from Slovenia
Grissom, C. A., Aloiz, E. M., Vicenzi, E. P. and Livingston, R. A. Seneca sandstone: a heritage stone from the USA
Hannibal, J. T. Berea sandstone: a heritage stone of international significance from Ohio, USA
Ehling, A. Cretaceous building sandstones in northern Germany
de Oliveira Frascá, M. H. B., Neves, R. and Castro, N. F. The white marbles of Brasília, a World Heritage site and capital of Brazil
Hannibal, J. T. and Schnabel, L. Cockeysville marble: a heritage stone from Maryland, USA
Cavallo, A., Dino, G. A. and Primavori, P. Gneisses (Serizzo and Beola) of the Verbano–Cusio–Ossola District (Piedmont, northern Italy): possible candidates for designation as Global Heritage Stone Resources
Bulakh, A., Selonen, O. and Pirinen, H. Soapstone in Jugend (Art Nouveau) architecture of northern European cities (1890s–1910s)
Bulakh, A. and Touret, J. Shoksha quartzite, a heritage stone of international importance from Russia
Cole, D. Heritage stone in Cape Town, South Africa
Sharma, V. K. Heritage stones in India
Cooper, B. J. The limits of heritage stone designation
