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Bitmap Image  |  1999-08-05  |  141KB  |  432x324  |  8-bit (67 colors)

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OCR: Sandstone Sandston: Fact Shret Color Yellow brown, reddish gray greenish Found in Germany, Urited King dom U.S France Dexcripi tion This sedimentary rocl forms when water or wind deposits sand in layers 0 time the grains become cemented together by pressure Origin: nam: This rock is sand that is -turned r stone Uses In centuries past cathedrals and castles were often built of sandstone Today, petroleum extracted from some varieties Did you krow? The Empire State Building, once the world's tallest buil lding is ma .de of sandstone granite and man-made mat terials Sandstore United gdom Description depasits Over Tfhifeu grarite

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