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Pennsylvania Stone & Sunset

The obelisk consists of 281 blocks of building stone from 139 different localities, mostly in Pennsylvania, and its components are arranged to represent the geologic column of the rocks of Pennsylvania, with the oldest rocks at the bottom and the youngest at the top. These stones include pre-cambrian rocks, the oldest in the state, to the youngest triassic rocks which were formed during the age of the dinosaurs.

 

- According to Penn State Libraries (secureapps.libraries.psu.edu/content/obelisk/)

 

 

 

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Uploaded on February 2, 2016
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