what are type of rock are the following monuments made from and what country are they from?

Question

stonehege,Mt hushmore( faces of presidents),cloepatra's needle,parthenon,Uluru ( Ayers Rock),Giants Causeway

Answer 1

Stonehenge is in England. The smaller inner circle stones are igneous (diabase, rhyolites and tuffs) and the huge, outer sarasen stones are silica-cemented sandstones (sedimantary).

Mt. Rushmore is in the US (South Dakota) and is carved from granite (igneous rock)

Cleopatras Needle: there are 3-one in London, one in Paris and one in New York. All are granite.

The Parthenon is in Athens, Greece and it's marble.

Uluru is in Australia. It's a huge sandstone exfoliation dome.

Giant's Causeway is in Ireland. It's composed of columnar basalt.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Giant's Causeway = > http://www.northantrim.com/giantscauseway.htm

Stonehenge = > http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/stonehenge/stonehenge.html

Mt Rushmore = > http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/monuments/mtrushmore/

Cleopatra's Needle = > http://www.answers.com/topic/cleopatra-s-needle

Pathernon = > http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/monument/parthen.html

Ayers Rock = > http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/geology/