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From: Rod Davis <>
Subject: Tombstones: Weathering rates of different kinds of stone
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 10:43:27 -0700


In a different thread it was implied that slate was an
easily-eroded stone. I was under the impression that the
opposite was true, and my experience finding gravesites
seems to bear this out: Slate tombstones are legible long
after other sorts are dust.

Am I mistaken? Can anyone point to scientific studies?

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Rod Dav4is

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