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This article should be deleted, as bluestone is just another name for basalt for which there is already an article. ( 125.209.153.134 13:08, 10 August 2006 (UTC))
Article should be deleted. Bluestone is a quarrymens name, not a geologists, and is used for many petrologically different stones. Thus the 'Bluestones' of Stonehenge include different rock types, not just spotted dolerites or diabases. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.59.115 ( talk • contribs) 12:15, December 12, 2006
"Bluestone from Pennsylvania and New York is commercially known as Pennsylvania bluestone." I know some bluestone sold around here (Chicago area) is sold as 'New York bluestone'. How accurate is the above quoted sentence? -- Kalmia 18:59, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Bluestone ( talk) 06:59, 4 June 2009 (UTC)bluestone any editing question please contact
This wholesale revision is the result of my personal visits to a number of bluestone quarries, talking with an ASTM colleague from Australia and some colleagues from the British Geological Survey. To answer the above questions, bluestone is NOT just another name for basalt, and bluestone is usually sold as bluestone and not Pennsylvania Bluestone (or New York Bluestone). To wrap things up, I have asked ASTM C18.91 to redo the bluestone definition thusly: "Bluestone is (1) a feldspathic sandstone (US), or (2) a dolerite (Brit), or a basalt (Aussie)." Given the extensive bluestone quarrying in the U.S., Stongehenge, and the scads of historic bluestone buildings in Victoria (try Googling on it), this is the best solution. I anticipate ASTM approval after several ballots that may give us additional information. Bmhtayl 22:05, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I found this useful when trying to find out what "bluestone" is when it wasn't listed as such in any of my guides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.24.176.168 ( talk) 02:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree that the article is useful and should be kept. The requests for deletion presume that geological information is the only useful information about stone, but this is not correct. I would add, however, that even in Australia the term bluestone is not used uniformly - in Adelaide/South Australia it is quite a different material than in Melbourne/Victoria (I don't know what, exactly). 124.180.117.48 ( talk) 06:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I've added a paragraph (and a reference) about South Australian bluestone, which is completely different in appearance and geological origin from Victorian bluestone. Peter Bell ( talk) 03:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
The image at the top of this article shows sarsen stones at Stonehenge, not the smaller bluestones, which are in a surrounding circle. I have replaced it with an image of the Carn menyn bluestones. Jezhotwells ( talk) 12:00, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
The caption said it was a moot point whether the rocks were moved by humans or glacial action. A moot point is an irrelevant point. Changed the text to say unresolved point, which captures the author's intended meaning without getting sucked down into an argument about evolving language use: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/moot-point.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.14.154.3 ( talk) 17:04, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
The article states "Preseli bluestone tools, such as axes, have been discovered all over the British Isles. Many of them appear to have been made in or near Stonehenge, since there are petrographic similarities with some of the spotted dolerites there." But the dolerites were brought in from the Preseli Hills, 250 miles away (i.e. not nearby), and no similar blue stones have not been found anywhere near Stonehenge — so does this not rather mean that the axes were instead made near the Preseli Hills? Tarian.liber ( talk) 20:20, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
The Antwerp article mentions:
The old Belgian bluestone quays bordering the Scheldt for a distance of 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the north and south of the city centre...
Is this the limestone from the Hainaut quarries in Soignies, Belgium? As the Antwerp article links here it would be good to mention this here. Verbcatcher ( talk) 19:25, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
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Not notable enough for stand alone article seems to be promoting a product too, judging by recent conflict of interest editing and sock puppetry. Theroadislong ( talk) 13:19, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
I revised the Stonehenge transportation question into glacial erratic and human transportation subsections. I firmly believe the latter is correct, but did not want to delete the content and references for the former, as it seems to have its share of believers.
Also deleted the two COI tags at the top, as the editor in question since blocked. David notMD ( talk) 12:47, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
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This article should be deleted, as bluestone is just another name for basalt for which there is already an article. ( 125.209.153.134 13:08, 10 August 2006 (UTC))
Article should be deleted. Bluestone is a quarrymens name, not a geologists, and is used for many petrologically different stones. Thus the 'Bluestones' of Stonehenge include different rock types, not just spotted dolerites or diabases. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.59.115 ( talk • contribs) 12:15, December 12, 2006
"Bluestone from Pennsylvania and New York is commercially known as Pennsylvania bluestone." I know some bluestone sold around here (Chicago area) is sold as 'New York bluestone'. How accurate is the above quoted sentence? -- Kalmia 18:59, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Bluestone ( talk) 06:59, 4 June 2009 (UTC)bluestone any editing question please contact
This wholesale revision is the result of my personal visits to a number of bluestone quarries, talking with an ASTM colleague from Australia and some colleagues from the British Geological Survey. To answer the above questions, bluestone is NOT just another name for basalt, and bluestone is usually sold as bluestone and not Pennsylvania Bluestone (or New York Bluestone). To wrap things up, I have asked ASTM C18.91 to redo the bluestone definition thusly: "Bluestone is (1) a feldspathic sandstone (US), or (2) a dolerite (Brit), or a basalt (Aussie)." Given the extensive bluestone quarrying in the U.S., Stongehenge, and the scads of historic bluestone buildings in Victoria (try Googling on it), this is the best solution. I anticipate ASTM approval after several ballots that may give us additional information. Bmhtayl 22:05, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I found this useful when trying to find out what "bluestone" is when it wasn't listed as such in any of my guides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.24.176.168 ( talk) 02:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree that the article is useful and should be kept. The requests for deletion presume that geological information is the only useful information about stone, but this is not correct. I would add, however, that even in Australia the term bluestone is not used uniformly - in Adelaide/South Australia it is quite a different material than in Melbourne/Victoria (I don't know what, exactly). 124.180.117.48 ( talk) 06:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I've added a paragraph (and a reference) about South Australian bluestone, which is completely different in appearance and geological origin from Victorian bluestone. Peter Bell ( talk) 03:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
The image at the top of this article shows sarsen stones at Stonehenge, not the smaller bluestones, which are in a surrounding circle. I have replaced it with an image of the Carn menyn bluestones. Jezhotwells ( talk) 12:00, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
The caption said it was a moot point whether the rocks were moved by humans or glacial action. A moot point is an irrelevant point. Changed the text to say unresolved point, which captures the author's intended meaning without getting sucked down into an argument about evolving language use: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/moot-point.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.14.154.3 ( talk) 17:04, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
The article states "Preseli bluestone tools, such as axes, have been discovered all over the British Isles. Many of them appear to have been made in or near Stonehenge, since there are petrographic similarities with some of the spotted dolerites there." But the dolerites were brought in from the Preseli Hills, 250 miles away (i.e. not nearby), and no similar blue stones have not been found anywhere near Stonehenge — so does this not rather mean that the axes were instead made near the Preseli Hills? Tarian.liber ( talk) 20:20, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
The Antwerp article mentions:
The old Belgian bluestone quays bordering the Scheldt for a distance of 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the north and south of the city centre...
Is this the limestone from the Hainaut quarries in Soignies, Belgium? As the Antwerp article links here it would be good to mention this here. Verbcatcher ( talk) 19:25, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
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Not notable enough for stand alone article seems to be promoting a product too, judging by recent conflict of interest editing and sock puppetry. Theroadislong ( talk) 13:19, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
I revised the Stonehenge transportation question into glacial erratic and human transportation subsections. I firmly believe the latter is correct, but did not want to delete the content and references for the former, as it seems to have its share of believers.
Also deleted the two COI tags at the top, as the editor in question since blocked. David notMD ( talk) 12:47, 3 March 2019 (UTC)