what rocks are used to make tombstones??

Question

options that i recieved
obsidian
limestone
pumice
white marble
granite
slate
sand
coal

Answer 1

Granite and Marble are use to make Tombstones.

Answer 2

I think it depends upon the area where the cemetary is located and if the stone will deteriorate with the weather. I know for a fact in the 1800's soapstone and limestone were the primary stones used for headstones but because the crumbled over time and didn't hold inscriptions that well they were replaced with granite. It also depends upon the amount of money that you can spend on the headstone. More expensive headstones are made of marble but the majority of the ones in the illinois area are marble.

Answer 3

You can go to your local cemetery and check out the tombs. Do not look at the grave markers or head stone as these are different from the Tombstones. When you are looking at these and trying to determine the type of stone, make sure you do not take you Gneiss for Granite !

Answer 4

Refering to your presented options, Obsidian would weather quite well, being a hardy volcanic glass, but I imagine it's quite pricey. Limestone, pumic, and sandstone are not weather resistant, they erode far too easily to be used for a permanent structure like gravestones, though they are used in buildings, so go figure. Marble, granite, and slate are the ones used most often, but even marble doesn't weather as nicely, it's a very fragile metamorphic rock...it also can be expensive. But I've never heard of coal being used, though I have worked with some chunks of the stuff. I doubt it would be very weather-resistant.

Answer 5

Although granite is the "old standard," since these are options you have received, I would assume that the sand is a pressed sand block, and the same for coal. Limestone will probably give you a less obvious look, and are typically lower to the ground, specifically for people who want a less prominent marker.

Answer 6

Granite

Answer 7

Granite, Marble, Chert, Sandstone, Wood. People in different cultures use whatever is available. Like Basalt and silver and gold.

Answer 8

Granite and Marble

Answer 9

Granite and Marble

Monumental Masons, Stone Masons and Memorial Masons carving funeral headstones, headstones, head stones, gravestones, and memorials in granite, marble and stone for cemeteries, churchyards, cremated remains

Answer 10

Granite is the most common, but marble is often used as well.