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Name of the stone: Tyndall Stone®
Stone type: dolomitic limestone
Color: cream with buff, gray, or golden mottlings
Quarry location: in the small community of Tyndall, near Garson, 30 km northeast of Winnipeg
Description of the stone: It is strikingly mottled or blotchy, only found in Canada. The rare dolomitic limestone deposit was discovered in Garson, MB in 1894 and has become a well-known material all over North America.
Peculiarities of the stone: 450 million years ago, now southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba were located just south of the Equator. The climate was tropical, and the site was a warm and shallow ocean with rich animal life at its coasts. These creatures tunneled through the mud for shelter. A webpage of the University of Saskatchewan explain how the stone’s structure was created during sedimentation: “Probably due to slight differences in porosity and permeability, the sediment in the tunnels got replaced by dolomite crystals whereas the surrounding rock is made of calcite.“
Application: outdoor, indoor, tiling, flooring, countertops, and more
Finishes: sawn, rubbed, split, bushhammered, pointed, thin veneer, and more
Frost resistant: Yes
Company: Gillis Quarries Limited (GQL) was incorporated in 1922. Founded in 1910 by August Gillis, this fourth generation company is built on industry-leading customer service, product quality and need satisfaction. The company is people oriented, our long term, multi-generational, experienced team is committed to providing the very best in natural stone solutions.
https://www.tyndallstone.com
Contact: 2895 Wenzel St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2E 1H4
Tel: +1 204.222.2242
Fax: +1204.222.7849
Tel: 1-800-540-0988
Technical Data: download
Tyndall Stone is inscribed in the list of Geoheritage Stones (1, 2).
