Bluestone

Bluestone is a cultural or commercial name for a number of dimension or building stone varieties, including:

  • basalt in Victoria, Australia and in New Zealand;
  • the dolerite of Stonehenge in Britain.
  • a feldspathic sandstone in the U.S. and Canada;
  • limestone in the Shenandoah Valley in the USA, from the Hainaut quarries in Soignies, Belgium and from quarries in County Carlow, County Galway and County Kilkenny in Ireland; and
  • slate in South Australia


Read more about Bluestone:  Bluestone of Stonehenge, In The United States and Canada, In Australia, In New Zealand