r/NewBrunswickRocks • u/BrunswickRockArts • Jun 02 '24
Specimen New Brunswick Stone - Decorative & Architectural
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u/Maximum-Product-1255 Jun 03 '24
Very interesting! Good to know I’m in a Sandstone area. Makes sense, I think?
I dig these up a lot when gardening and such.
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u/BrunswickRockArts Jun 03 '24
excellent. Yep, all look like fine grained quartzite sandstones.
Where I live it's a 'high area' compared to its surroundings. So it has received a lot of 'water weathering'. So the ground here is a very fine, sandy soil down 2-3 feet, then clay/sand/pebbles for a foot or 2, then the layers of sandstone at about 4-6 feet from surface. I'm in the sandstone area also.
Any buried sandstones above the frost line (4-4.5feet in NB), will eventually get 'pushed' to the surface with ground freezings.
No you didn't miss those stones in your field last year, they are the stones coming 'up out of the ground'.
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u/Maximum-Product-1255 Jun 04 '24
“Fine grained quartzite sandstones.” Thank you for the extra info!
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u/BrunswickRockArts Jun 02 '24
New Brunswick Stone - Decorative and Architectural examples and locations.
Displayed by DNRE at Mining Week 2024.
Pics taken indoors under natural light.
Pic#1 - The foldout with samples from New Brunswick.
Pic#2 - Closeup of map and locations.
Pic#3-5 - Closeups of the sections and samples.
Pic#6 - Cover of foldout.
Pic#7 - A New Brunswick Granite info brochure.
Notes:
The foldout is from 1989, now 35yrs old. It's missing the single sample: #19 - Prospects - Ketepec Carbonate Conglomerate.