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Jerusalem Stone is the
trade name of stone quarried in areas from the Jordan
River on the east of Israel to the Mediterranean Sea
on the country's west, and from the southern Port of
Eilat on the Red Sea to The Galilee and Haifa on the
north. It is mostly limestone, dolomitic limestone or
dolomite, and tends to be of a gold or reddish hue,
though some varieties are grey or nearly white.
Municipal regulations in Jerusalem require that the
front of every building be at least partially made of
this stone. The regulations date back to the
governorship of Ronald Storrs; they were issued as
part of the implementation of a master plan for the
city devised in 1918 by William McLean, then city
engineer of Alexandria.[3]
Jerusalem stone is also used in the manufacture of
judaica such as menorahs and seder plates. It is used
in the American building trade as a countertop
material, as certain subtypes are non-porous (unlike
most limestone) |
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