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Historical Archive: Stone other than gemstones Alabaster Basalt Bitumen Diorite and Dolerite Dolomite Fossil Granite Gypsum Limestone, up through 7th c., 8th c. to present Marble, up through mid-2nd c., 2nd half of 2nd c. through 4th c., 5th through 8th c., 9th c. to present Porphyry Sandstone Schist, Shale, and Slate Soapstone, steatite Trachyte Unidentified stone mourner from the tomb of Pierre de Bauffremont, carboniforous limestone (“Tournai marble”), Dijon 1453-72, WAM 27.542 Greek hero or god, marble stained with olive oil from cast making, Hellenistic 1st c. BCE, IMA 2004.89