sandstone
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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 majestic sandstone villa on Madison Avenue that the company shared with the Archdiocese of New York, and the quaint house in its logo, conveyed a sense of noncorporate charm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Preservation becomes even more difficult in sandstone, a rock made of coarse grains that allow water to pass through easily and typically forms in turbulent environments shaped by waves and storms.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
Not even Dickensian “A Christmas Carol” visitations by the specters of his father and an Indonesian business partner negotiating a project involving a sandstone reservoir with “significant extraction costs” diminish his concomitant guilt and chagrin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
The dark orange sandstone formation held springs like this one, all along the base of the sandstone where wind and erosion had cut narrow canyons into the rock.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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