sandstone

In close proximity to the sandstone peaks of Zion National Park, St. George has a bustling downtown for travelers to return to after a day of hiking.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Most well-known fossil sites are found in rocks such as shale, sandstone, limestone, or volcanic ash.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026

Not far from the education center is a short hike to Painted Rock, a protected site that includes Native pictographs on a horseshoe-shaped sandstone formation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

A house carved into sandstone more than 500 years ago and set within huge landscaped gardens has been put up for auction.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

The cloudy yellow sandstone of Enchanted Mesa was still smoky blue before dawn, and only a faint hint of yellow light touched the highest point of the mesa.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Earth’s sands are often white and its sandstones are usually full of quartz because the mineral is common in granite and it’s very hard to degrade, so it builds up in sediments.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023

It also found sandstones with coarse grains, which might have formed in a fast-flowing river.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 2022

At Aniakchak, he is most interested in the gray mudstones and yellowish sandstones stacked on each other like layers of a cake.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021

These desert-formed sandstones sit above an unconformity, and this suggests that after a long period with a humid climate, the climate became drier and wind became the dominant agent shaping the environment at Gale Crater.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2018

Their bodies worked rhythmically back and forth, and the sandstones produced a series of harsh, grating screeches that caused icy trickles to run down Ranofer’s spine and set his teeth to aching.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw