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TYNDALL LIMESTONE [1 record]

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Record 1 2026-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Heritage
CONT

Tyndall stone is [a] limestone that has fossil fragments in it. The tapestry-like look comes from the marine organisms that lived at the bottom of a sea that once covered Manitoba, the only place Tyndall stone is quarried.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Patrimoine
CONT

La pierre de Tyndall est une pierre calcaire contenant des fragments de fossiles. Son aspect de tapisserie [provient] des restants d'organismes marins qui vivaient autrefois au fond de la mer et qui recouvraient jadis le Manitoba, seul endroit où la pierre de Tyndall est extraite.

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