By adamg on Thu., 12/1/2022 - 8:18 pm
Anybody know of any rock shops or other places where somebody might be able to buy a sample of this local rock? A correspondent whose goddaughter is a geology major would love to get a sample for her as a Christmas present.
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I got you!
By Jason
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 8:40pm
I'll email you with my address. She can come over to my yard and take as much as she wants. And hey, I also majored in geology!
I mean, I'm not endorsing
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 8:45pm
I mean, I'm not endorsing this, but if you can't find any stores, there's plenty in Franklin Park. Just bring a hammer and chisel.
Fitzgerald Park. It's lousy
By Est.1985
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 8:51pm
Fitzgerald Park. It's lousy with the stuff.
Also known to locals as Puddingstone Park
By Tim Cox
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 9:17pm
it’s privately owned and maintained. Please don’t harvest the rock, even though it used to be a quarry.
American Stonecraft
By Jason
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 8:54pm
These slabs came from my yard. I am surprised to see they're still listed as in stock, but it seems Gerald at American Stonecraft up in Lowell still has a few: https://www.americanstonecraft.com/?s=roxbury&post...
Good idea
By adamg
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 8:59pm
They also have an outlet in the Boston Public Market near Haymarket.
Free puddingstone
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 8:54pm
One might just go to the drumlins of the Arboretum or Franklin Park (or several other locations) and get a piece. I won’t tell.
Even my back yard in Dorchester has some.
Is there a particular reason for puddingstone?
By tachometer
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 9:17pm
I think a bit of rock from this spot in Mattapan with a copy of the article attached might be a cool gift for a geology major too.
Don't know for sure
By adamg
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 10:23pm
But I suspect it's because Roxbury puddingstone is particularly well known for its association with Boston.
aka "Roxbury Conglomerate"
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 10:54pm
It has its own Wikipedia page as a good place to start your puddingstone learning journey!
Unless there are any laws
By Jamarhl Crawford
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 5:13am
Unless there are any laws preventing it I would just bust off a piece with a hammer
Roxbury Puddingstone
By GretchenGinJP
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 8:26am
several building sites on Mission Hill (Terrace St, Parker St) have large "slag" piles -- I'm sure if you asked they would let you have some good chunks!
I'd also send along the Oliver Wendell Holmes poem that gave Roxbury Conglomerate it's fantastic nickname: http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/owh/pudding.html