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N 0 B 153 C 0 E Oct 16, 2016 F Oct 18, 2022
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Gravestones (a.k.a. headstones / tombstones) in modern American cemeteries are usually made of "granite" - a term in the retail trade for any hard stone that will take a fine polish. Geologically, some are granites and some are not. In the 1800s, many gravestones were made of marble, a crystalline-textured metamorphic rock composed of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Rainwater is naturally acidic (slightly) from carbonic acid - H2CO3. Over time, marble will slowly dissolve in rainwater. Older marble gravestones often have poorly legible or non-readable carvings. The example seen here has readable dates of 1887.

Locality: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, northern side of Holston Road, Wytheville, southwestern Virginia, USA

Tags:   weathered weathering marble gravestone gravestones headstone headstones tombstone tombstones Wytheville Virginia St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Holston Road 1887

N 0 B 114 C 0 E Oct 16, 2016 F Oct 18, 2022
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Gravestones (a.k.a. headstones / tombstones) in modern American cemeteries are usually made of "granite" - a term in the retail trade for any hard stone that will take a fine polish. Geologically, some are granites and some are not. In the 1800s, many gravestones were made of marble, a crystalline-textured metamorphic rock composed of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Rainwater is naturally acidic (slightly) from carbonic acid - H2CO3. Over time, marble will slowly dissolve in rainwater. Older marble gravestones often have poorly legible or non-readable carvings.

Seen here is a closeup of a 1887 gravestone showing discoloration of the marble.

Locality: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, northern side of Holston Road, Wytheville, southwestern Virginia, USA

Tags:   weathered weathering marble gravestone gravestones headstone headstones tombstone tombstones Wytheville Virginia St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Holston Road

N 0 B 160 C 0 E Oct 16, 2016 F Oct 18, 2022
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Gravestones (a.k.a. headstones / tombstones) in modern American cemeteries are usually made of "granite" - a term in the retail trade for any hard stone that will take a fine polish. Geologically, some are granites and some are not. In the 1800s, many gravestones were made of marble, a crystalline-textured metamorphic rock composed of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Rainwater is naturally acidic (slightly) from carbonic acid - H2CO3. Over time, marble will slowly dissolve in rainwater. Older marble gravestones often have poorly legible or non-readable carvings. The example seen here has a readable date of 1887.

Locality: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, northern side of Holston Road, Wytheville, southwestern Virginia, USA

Tags:   weathered weathering marble gravestone gravestones headstone headstones tombstone tombstones Wytheville Virginia St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Holston Road 1887

N 0 B 160 C 0 E Oct 16, 2016 F Oct 18, 2022
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Gravestones (a.k.a. headstones / tombstones) in modern American cemeteries are usually made of "granite" - a term in the retail trade for any hard stone that will take a fine polish. Geologically, some are granites and some are not. In the 1800s, many gravestones were made of marble, a crystalline-textured metamorphic rock composed of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Rainwater is naturally acidic (slightly) from carbonic acid - H2CO3. Over time, marble will slowly dissolve in rainwater. Older marble gravestones often have poorly legible or non-readable carvings.

Seen here is a closeup of an 1800s gravestone showing discoloration of the marble. Small patches of living lichen are present.

Locality: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, northern side of Holston Road, Wytheville, southwestern Virginia, USA

Tags:   weathered weathering marble gravestone gravestones headstone headstones tombstone tombstones Wytheville Virginia St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Holston Road

N 0 B 567 C 0 E Oct 16, 2016 F Oct 18, 2022
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Gravestones (a.k.a. headstones / tombstones) in modern American cemeteries are usually made of "granite" - a term in the retail trade for any hard stone that will take a fine polish. Geologically, some are granites and some are not. In the 1800s, many gravestones were made of marble, a crystalline-textured metamorphic rock composed of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Rainwater is naturally acidic (slightly) from carbonic acid - H2CO3. Over time, marble will slowly dissolve in rainwater. Older marble gravestones often have poorly legible or non-readable carvings.

Locality: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, northern side of Holston Road, Wytheville, southwestern Virginia, USA

Tags:   weathered weathering marble gravestone gravestones headstone headstones tombstone tombstones Wytheville Virginia St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Holston Road


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