Wallstone - Natural - Montrose - Pennsylvania

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Bluestone

American bluestone is a feldspathic sandstone, which is produced by about 150 mostly small quarries in adjacent areas of Pennsylvania and New York. The Pennsylvania Bluestone Association has 105 members, the vast majority of them quarriers.

Bluestone from Pennsylvania and New York is commercially known as bluestone or Pennsylvania Bluestone. These are a group of sandstones defined as feldspathic greywacke. The sand-sized grains from which bluestone is constituted were deposited in the “Catskill Delta” during the Middle to Upper Devonian Period of the Paleozoic Era, approximately 370 to 345 million years ago. If the initial deposit was made under slow moving water the ripples of the water action on the sand or mud will be revealed. This deposition process may be seen today at any ocean beach in shallow water or in a stream bed where conditions allow it to be observed. The term “bluestone” is derived from a deep-blue-colored sandstone first found in Ulster County, NY.

The Catskill Delta was created from runoff from the Arcadian Mountains (“Ancestral Appalachians”) which covered the area where New York City now exists. This Delta ran in a narrow band from southwest to northeast and today provides the base material for the high-quality bluestone which is quarried from the Catskills (and Northeast Pennsylvania).

As the product became more popular as an architectural and building stone and demand grew, quarrying for it spread throughout south central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. It is a unique commodity of particular value to the economy of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

This bluestone is made into products as follows: The bluestone is separated from the rock (quarry face) in the quarry by parallel cuts with saws with diamond-tipped blades into large rectangular blocks. Sometimes the stone is lightly blasted to encourage splitting along parallel planes of weakness, delineating the top and bottom of the block. The final products are often made in the quarry, but sometimes massive blocks are trucked to “saw shops” to be finished there, by sawing, by “snapping” or breaking the stone with a guillotine along a line of pressure points, or by splitting along planes of
weakness.

The largest volume product is ordinary irregularly-edged flagstone, followed by ashlar. Flagstone belongs to a group of products that require no (or very little) sawing, such as rubble masonry and landscape stone. Two other product groups are classified as Architectural Stone, one group that requires some sawing or “snapping” such as natural paving stone,  wall stone, ashlar, bridge stone, and curbing, and the other group that requires sawing on all surfaces, such as countertops, stair treads, lintels, thresholds, ashlar, sidewalks, and residential walls (veneer). The ashlar can be sawn on all six surfaces, or “snapped” on one or more surfaces with the remaining surfaces sawn.

Fieldstone

1. Do you offer volume or contractor discounts?

Absolutely! Contractors, register here for your unique discount code and join our network for free leads and added benefits —call 1(800) 688-1796 to explore the perks. For high-volume orders (over 20 tons), request a custom quote with volume savings included.

2. Can I get a sample?

Yes! Email Support@stonesdirect.com with your desired product and shipping address. Samples are free, though shipping fees apply—we’ll credit that fee back if your order tops $2,500. Some samples are available online via the blue hyperlink below the “Add to Cart” button on product pages. Note: Samples are for color reference only.

3. Where do you ship, and how long does it take?

We ship across the United States and Canada. Delivery typically takes 1-8 weeks, depending on the season and other factors. Special orders may require extra time.

4. How much is shipping?

Our automated system compares hundreds of carriers to calculate shipping, which we subsidize for you. Answer a few quick questions in your cart to see the exact cost.

5. How do I figure out how much I need?

It’s simple! On the product page, input your face feet, square feet, or linear feet to calculate tonnage. For “per piece” items, use the average piece length to estimate how many you’ll need based on your measurements.

6. Can I pick up my stones?

Unless you’ve got a commercial vessel, quarry pickups aren’t an option—delivery is the way to go.

7. Do you provide installers?

We’ve got a network of contractors! Contact us to check if there’s one near you.

Shipping costs appear in your cart once you’ve answered the shipping prompts and entered your zip code—rates are subsidized for your savings. Ordering over 10 tons or pallets exceeding 1 ton? You’ll need a flatbed truck and a forklift or skid steer to unload (check weights below the quantity box on product pages). No equipment? No problem—rent a skid steer by the hour from your local hardware store. For orders under 10 tons and pallets below 1 ton, we ship via LTL, and the stones are offloaded for you with a pallet jack.

Returns? Due to their nature, stones are non-returnable and non-refundable unless damaged in transit.