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Gold sandstone, colour blue-black and shape cube faceted

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Gold sandstone, colour blue-black and shape cube faceted. Sandstone is the most common sedimentary rock after shale, it makes up about 10 to 20 per cent of the sedimentary rocks in the Earth's crust. Most Sandstones have a grain component that is principally quartz, feldspar and lithic fragments.
Info: Sandstone has long been an important building material. Some superb examples of building in Sandstone are: the Red Fort in Old Delhi, India, the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt.