Stonehenge's sandstone blocks - sarsen stones - characterized in extensive petrological and geochemical analysis (IMAGE)

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Stonehenge's sandstone blocks - sarsen stones - characterized in extensive petrological and geochemical analysis

Caption

Cathodoluminescence image from the Stonehenge sarsen, showing quartz grains cemented together by multiple layers of quartz cement.

Credit

Nash et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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