Global Heritage Stone: Worldwide Examples of Heritage Stones

Heritage stones are building and ornamental stones that have special significance in human culture. The papers in this volume discuss a wide variety of such materials, including stones from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. Igneous (basalt, porphyry, granite), sedimentary (sandstone, limestone) and metamorphic (marble, quartzite, gneiss, soapstone, slate) stones are featured. These have been utilized over long periods of time for a wide range of uses contributing to the historical fabric of the built environment. Many of these stones are of international significance and potential Global Heritage Stone Resources – stones that have the requisite qualities for international recognition by the Heritage Stones Subcommission of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The contributions in this volume bring together diverse information on these stones, ranging from their geological setting and quarry locations to mechanical properties, current availability and uses over time. As such, the papers can serve as an entry into the literature on these important stones.
Soapstone in Jugend (Art Nouveau) architecture of northern European cities (1890s–1910s)
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Published:October 21, 2020
Abstract
Soapstone occurs in Finland within Precambrian greenstone belts in the eastern parts of the country. Nunnanlahti and other deposits near Lake Pielinen are the best known and most important of these occurrences. This soft stone is highly workable. Soapstone was one of the most popular ornamental rocks used in architecture of the Jugend (Art Nouveau) style in St Petersburg, Russia, Helsinki, Finland, and in other northern European cities at the end of the nineteenth and into the early twentieth centuries.
- art
- buildings
- Cenozoic
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Europe
- Finland
- Helsinki Finland
- Holocene
- Leningrad Oblast Russian Federation
- natural resources
- ornamental materials
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- Russian Federation
- Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
- Scandinavia
- soapstone
- structures
- upper Holocene
- Uusimaa Finland
- Western Europe
- Lake Pielinen
- Nunnanlahti Finland
- Global Heritage Stone Resource