type of rock

[cross_7]

anyone know what type of rock this building is made of ?

 

[I luv herfrds]

Solid ones. ;-) :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Sorry I couldn't resist.
A closer pic of the stones might help.

 

[Commercialfarmer]

I'll throw out Limestone. Seems like that stone has become pretty popular. I like the looks of it.

 

[cross_7]

I'll throw out Limestone. Seems like that stone has become pretty popular. I like the looks of it.

i thought limestone also but i wasn't sure about he darker rock

 

[TexasBred]

Looks like what we use to call "Austin Stone" as it was quarried near Austin. They make a copy cat now made from cement and pigment its added for various coloring. A closer examination would help. Probably just good old limestone.

 

[dun]

Around here limestone runs from almost white to solid black.

 

[3waycross]

I mined Limestone for many years. Believe me it comes in many colors. Never seen it used for homes though. We just crushed it and used it to make steel!

 

[JSCATTLE]

Looks like limestone to me too . My house is limestone . It came out of Salado tx . The fake stone made frOm cement works fine as long as it doesn't get wet . We have been having problems with cracking if it's put over wood . Wood post etc swell .

 

[backhoeboogie]

I need a closer look but I am pretty sure that is Lone Star stone manufactured in Whitney, TX.

Same stuff used in Great Wolf Lodge, Gaylord Texan etc. Chili's, On the Border, Jack-in-theBox and practically all of the food chains are using it now. The boulders out in the landscape protecting the boards and speakers are real.

If it is authentic, it is blend of Granbury chopped and Austin sewn. Maybe a combination of authentic and synthetic.

The synthetic stones have come a very long way.

 

[backhoeboogie]

http://www.lonestarstone.com/v2/gallery.aspx

Look at their Austin Chalk and Marble Falls Chalk blended together. It gives that "Ozark Chalk" look that you can view towards the bottom.

I am a dealer by the way. I bring in rock from places as far away as Arizona and simply cannot be a specific color to match a decor in a - say 30 year old house that is being remodeled. With Lonestarstone I can get any color a customer wants if they are willing to use it and I can get it in any style offered. I have access to experienced installers.

Mostly I sell authentic stone. I have quit chopping limestone completely now and sold the equipment.

 

[alisonb]

Orange blocks could be sandstone, ifso they will be quite granular.

 

[TexasBred]

Orange blocks could be sandstone, ifso they will be quite granular.

As someone posted last year. They are "Sex Rocks". :cowboy:

 

[melking]

I think it would be dependent on where the building was located. It looks a lot like Bedford stone from the Bedford Indiana stone quarry.

 

[cross_7]

I think it would be dependent on where the building was located. It looks a lot like Bedford stone from the Bedford Indiana stone quarry.

http://www.cityofcrosbyton.org/visitors ... falls.html

 

[BILL CLAYLAND]

If its a Natural stone my guess is that its a Quartzite trade name "white gold"

 

[ALACOWMAN]

you see alot of stone houses in the hill country... is it because of the enviroment or just plenty of rocks

 

[backhoeboogie]

you see alot of stone houses in the hill country... is it because of the enviroment or just plenty of rocks

Plenty of rock in my opinion. I've sold several thousand tons of limestone and still have plenty of it.

Pulling out dino tracks is the high light.

 

[TexasBred]

you see alot of stone houses in the hill country... is it because of the enviroment or just plenty of rocks

Lot of rocks...limestone, granite, marble. About anything you want....but the price of the land is outrageous is you want to move down there to the nicer communities.

 

[JSCATTLE]

you see alot of stone houses in the hill country... is it because of the enviroment or just plenty of rocks

Plenty of rock in my opinion. I've sold several thousand tons of limestone and still have plenty of it.

Pulling out dino tracks is the high light.

All the ranches in the hill country are trying to run cows and sell deer hunts . All the while sitting on a gold mine in limestone .

 

[TexasBred]

There's more supply than demand for limestone so it's dirt cheap...or would that be rock bottom. Now city boys will pay $15,000 for a B&C trophy whitetail, camp grub, good whiskey and a lot of BS and pictures. :lol: :lol: And the rancher rights off all the expense of maintaining it because he's already a multimillionaire.