sandstone monument

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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.

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Wow....

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

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

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?