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Table 1 Lithologic character, and basic Information about the stone samples

From: The synergic impacts of salt mixture and frost damage on rock decay: implications for the deterioration of rock-hewn heritages

Sample name

Image of sample

stone type

Lithologic character

Age

Origin

YM

Limestone

Greyish white, coarse crystalline struture;mineral composition: Calcite[CaCO3] and [CaMg(CO3)2]

Permian

Yuhuang mountain, Hangzhou, CN

LA

Flint

Pale-brown, cryptocrystalline structure; mineral composition: mainly quartz [SiO2], a small amount of muscovite[KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2], and siderite [FeCO3]

Sinian

Rulong county, Lin’an, Hangzhou, CN

FL

Limestone

Grey colored, microcrystalline calcite matrix with sparite veins; mineral composition: Calcite [CaCO3] and high Mg calcite [CaMg(CO3)2]

Carboniferous

Feilai peak,Hangzhou, CN

LQ

Dolostone

Dark grey, microcrytalline,;mineral composition: Fe-dolomite [Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2], and dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2]

Sinian

Quarry, Banqiao, Lin’an, CN

GM

Tuff

Pink, porphyritic tuff with cryptocrystalline texture of matrix; mineral composition: quartz [SiO2], orthoclase [K(AlSi3O8)], muscovite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Jurassic

Gu Mountain, Hangzhou, CN