sandstone monument

[low_delta]

While marble is dissolved by the chemicals in the atmosphere and in rainwater, sandstone is not. It is, however, vulnerable to abrasion by running water or by particles in the wind. Once water found a soft spot in the stone, it would eat it away more and more as it ran through.

Comments

Wow....

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

That's stunningly beautiful, the way it's eroding.....

Re: Wow....

[emschin.livejournal.com]

I sometimes feel that way about the pictures I see of old people's faces. In fact, I own a lapel pin I bought from an art shop in Arizona. She has made pins denoting different stages of a woman's life in symbolic ways. Mine is supposed to represent the old woman stage and is heavily carved. It looks something like cave carvings or hierglyphics or runes.

erosion

[emschin.livejournal.com]

Do you mean that sandstone could be more impervious to the elements than marble? The old, old monuments you see in cemetaries sometimes have the carving to worn away to read. Or, aren't they sandstone?

Re: erosion

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

They're both impervious in certain respects. Marble tends to simply dissolve over time. Sandstone only erodes where water collects and runs down the side. And I think sandstone is a little more fragile.