In a message dated 1/22/2009 2:00:26 AM Central Standard Time, 
> How many of you would feel confident about identifying "French" vs.
> "Texas" limestone?  Christopher=

Big difference .. first of all the technological time period and the countrys 
transportation should give it away 
second of all Texas limestone would not have held up to the NYC winter
where as certain French would 
then for me is the color difference and the shell size; The French Calcare 
have small crinoids 
(don't go there Ralph) and the Texas shell is larger and meybe differnt shell 
and time period all together 
and a dollar to doughnuts would be the cost .. lets just say they were 
quarrying this stuff in Texas during this time period;
 I will bet it was cheaper to ship a ton of dimensional stone from Le Harve 
to NYC  all cut to size than it was from Texas  then  to a cutting yard (in god 
knows where)  then shipped again considering the infrastructure below the 
mason dixon and especially in Texas  at that time  ...and considering the economy 
it still might be cheaper  Py
> 
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