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Roxbury puddingstone

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'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!

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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.

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Fitzgerald Park. It's lousy with the stuff.

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it’s privately owned and maintained. Please don’t harvest the rock, even though it used to be a quarry.

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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_type=product

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They also have an outlet in the Boston Public Market near Haymarket.

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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.

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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.

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But I suspect it's because Roxbury puddingstone is particularly well known for its association with Boston.

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It has its own Wikipedia page as a good place to start your puddingstone learning journey!

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Unless there are any laws preventing it I would just bust off a piece with a hammer

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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

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