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Solnhofen stone

Scope note

An exceedingly fine and even-bedded magnesian limestone, thinly stratified, quarried in the vicinity of Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany; widely used in lithography.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300011349

Broader Terms used

magnesian limestone

Created

13yrs ago

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