St. Genevieve marble
St. Genevieve marble, also known as Ste. Genevieve marble, is an oolitic limestone (or "marble") found in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri.[1] It is part of the Archimedes Limestone formation.[2]
It generally comes in two different types. "St. Genevieve Rose" is the name for the marble which comes in deep red, greenish-gray, pink, and rose.[3] "St. Genevieve Gold Vein" is light or medium gray in color, with veins (running from buff to tan in color) running through it.[3] Cross-sections of corals and crinoids can be seen in the Gold Vein type.[3][2]
In the 1910s, it was widely considered the best marble found in the U.S. and known for its strength.[4][2] It has been widely used in banks, churches, courthouses, government buildings, and other structures.[3][5]
Footnotes
- Goodrich, p. 33.
- Swallow, p. 96.
- Unklesbay and Vineyard, p. 165.
- Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction, p. 80.
- Missouri: The WPA Guide to the 'Show Me' State, p. 314; Official Manual of the State of Missouri, p. 1482; Washington, D.C.: A Guide to the Nation's Capital, p. 390; Jaynes, p. 155.
Bibliography
- Goodrich, Charles Rush. Science and Mechanism: Illustrated by Examples in the New York Exhibition 1853-54. New York: G. P. Putnam and Co., 1854.
- Jaynes, Gregory. Sketches From a Dirt Road. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977.
- Missouri: The WPA Guide to the 'Show Me' State. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1998.
- Official Manual of the State of Missouri. St. Louis: Office of the Secretary of State, 1963.
- Swallow, G.C. First Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo.: James Lusk, Printers, 1855.
- Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction. New York: Sweet's Catalogue Service, 1915.
- Unklesbay, A.G., and Vineyard, Jerry D. Missouri Geology: Three Billion Years of Volcanoes, Seas, Sediments, and Erosion. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1992.
- Washington, D.C.: A Guide to the Nation's Capital. Washington, D.C.: Federal Writers' Project, 1942.