Saturday, March 18, 2023

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 
The exterior of the Old South Church in Boston (built in 1874) is made out of  Roxbury conglomerate, or puddingstone; photo by Wally Gobetz on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / no derivative works).

Another rock. In 1983, Roxbury Puddingstone or Roxbury Conglomerate was designated the official state rock.

16 comments:

  1. That's anew geological term for me, but I like how puddingstone sounds. And I guess how it got its name too. I'm off tomorrow to Worcester to go see Aladdin at the Hanover Theatre. Originally the play was scheduled for last fall, and since my daughter wanted to go, I figured we could combine the play with a trip to see my mom. Now there is no Mom to visit, so it will be my first visit to Worcester without having that stop. That might be a little weird, but I'll know tomorrow. Enjoy your Saturday. hugs-Erika

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  2. I have never heard of Puddingstone. I learned something today!

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  3. I've never heard of puddingstone before, nice name! Valerie

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  4. Interesting, I´ve never heard of such a stone. Sounds yummy! :-)

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  5. That's very interesting... never heard of that before...
    on my blog you can see a medieval castle ruin including a church ruin (13th century) made of sandstone...
    many greetings to you.
    I wish you a happy sunday. Viola

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  6. If I ever knew, I had forgotten there were different kinds of conglomerate rock. Interesting.

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    1. This is one piece of trivia I never knew about

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  7. Puddingstone sounds like something that makes me hungry (grin).

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    1. It would be a jawbreaker, that's for sure ๐Ÿ˜บ

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