the bedrock
sandstone
grit stone · incl. Jacobsville red
The tell
Rub it hard. Sandstone sheds grains and feels gritty. Quartzite does not shed anything, because its grains have been welded together.
Jacobsville red is the Upper Peninsula sandstone: deep brick-red with pale bleached blotches and streaks.
What it gets mistaken for
The facts
- also calledgrit stone · incl. Jacobsville red
- ageage varies
- where it turns upevery shore · Jacobsville red, UP
- on the chartthe bedrock · 1000 stickers ever
Put it on the shelf
Every stone on this chart is drawn and kiss-cut at three inches. The rarer the stone, the fewer exist: only 1000 sandstone will ever be printed, then the run is retired.
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