Indiana limestone

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building stone limestone sedimentary rock

Indiana limestone is a durable, fine-grained sedimentary building stone from Indiana widely used in prominent American architecture and monuments.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building stone → limestone → sedimentary rock →
alsoKnownAs	Bedford limestone → Salem limestone →
color	buff → light gray →
commercialSignificance	major U.S. dimension stone →
commonlyAssociatedWith	Beaux-Arts architecture → Gothic Revival architecture → Neoclassical architecture →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
extractionMethod	quarrying →
geologicalAge	Carboniferous period → Mississippian →
grainSize	fine-grained →
industryCenter	Bedford, Indiana → Bloomington, Indiana →
locatedIn	Indiana →
majorQuarryArea	Lawrence County, Indiana → Monroe County, Indiana →
marketRegion	North America →
notableProperty	durable → easily carved → uniform texture → weather resistant →
notableUse	national monuments in the United States → prominent American architecture →
porosity	relatively low →
primaryConstituent	calcite →
resistanceTo	air pollution (moderate) → freeze-thaw cycles →
rockType	oolitic limestone →
typicalApplication	cladding → load-bearing masonry → ornamental stonework →
usedFor	architectural trim → building facades → government buildings → institutional buildings → monuments → skyscrapers → university buildings →
usedIn	Biltmore Estate → Chicago Tribune Tower → Empire State Building → National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.) → Pentagon → Rockefeller Center → U.S. state capitol buildings →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaska State Capitol → Georgia State Capitol → Indiana Statehouse → Jefferson Memorial → Nebraska State Capitol →	materialUsed
Bedford limestone →	alsoKnownAs
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art →	buildingMaterial
Bedford limestone ("Indiana Limestone") →	isMarketedAs
Bloomington, Indiana ("Indiana limestone industry") →	knownFor
Lawrence County, Indiana ("Indiana limestone district") →	partOf
Bedford, Indiana ("Lawrence County limestone belt") →	region
Tuckahoe marble →	replacedBy