Geology; selection, durability and the interpretation of laboratory test results; the quarries and their stones - Birchover Gritstone, Blaxter, Blue Pennant - Gelligaer Common, Blue Pennant - Pontardawe, Caithness Flagstone, Carstone, Cat Castle, Chinley Moor, Clashach, Copp Crag, Corsehill, Darney, Delph sandstone, Doddington, Donegal quartzite, Dunhouse, Dunmore, Forest of Dean - Barnhill Quarry, Forest of Dean - Mine Train Quarry, Galgate, Greenbrae, Grinshill, Hall Dale, Haslingden, Hollington - Great Gate and Tearne Quarries, Hollington - Red Hole Quarry, Kerridge - Bridge Quarry, Kerridge - Sycamore Quarry, Ladycross, Lazonby, Locharbriggs, Liscannor, Monmouth, Moorside, Newbigging, Newton (and Cuttieshillock), Plumpton Red Lazonby, Prudham, Red St Bees - Birkhams Quarry, Red Wilderness, Ridgeway, Rivelin Grit, Rotherham Red/Lilac Blue, St Bees - Bank End Quarry, Shawk, Shipley, Springwell, Spynie, Stainton, Stancliffe Darley Dale, Stanton Moor, Stanton Moor Gritstone, Stoke Hall, Sussex Sandstone, Watts Cliff, Wealden, West Yorkshire Sandstones - Bolton Woods - Berry & Marshall Ltd, Bolton Woods - Waterhouse Denbigh Ltd, Bramley Fall, Crosland Hill Hard York Stone, Elland Edge Flagrock, Fly Delph, Greenmoor Blue, Greenmoor Rock and Grenoside, Hard York Freestone, Hard York Stone - Crossley's Quarry, Hard York Stone - Hillhouse Edge Quarry, Horn Crag, Ringby, Woodkirk Brown York Stone, York Stone - Naylor Hill Quarry, York Stone - Rawdon Quarry, York Stone - Soil Hill Quarry, York Stone - Watsons Quarry, Yorkshire Flagstone, White Mansfield; appendix a description of the tests - acid immersion test, saturated crystallization test, porosity, saturation coefficient; appendix b - results of the saturated crystallization test.