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Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, Inyo County, California

Some Cemetery Stones & Markers in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery

Some Cemetery Stones Created from Dolomite* Quarried from Local Quarries

Several of the cemetery stones located in the Mt. Whiney Cemetery that I photographed below were constructed of locally quarried dolomite. (These photographs were taken by Peggy B. Perazzo in late September 2010.) (* In the old geology books, the stone quarried near Lone Pine was referred to as “marble,” but today the stone is only referred to as “dolomite” in the Lone Pine area.)


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Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

White dolomite cemetery stone

Top of the cemetery stone to the left

White dolomite cemetery stone

Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

Dolomite cemetery stone

Dolomite cemetery stone

White dolomite cemetery stone

Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

White dolomite cemetery stone

White dolomite cemetery stone
with streaks

White dolomite cemetery stone
with streaks

Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

White dolomite cemetery stone

Side of the previous stone
with streaks

White dolomite cemetery stone

Dolomite cemetery marker in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite marker stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite Marker stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

Small white dolomite stone placed near granite cemetery stone

Another view of the small dolomite placed near granite cemetery stone

Front of grey dolomite
cemetery monument

Dolomite marker stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

Photo of back of the previous stone

Front of white dolomite
cemetery stone

Back of the previous dolomite cemetery stone

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