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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Back of dolomite
cemetery stone (“Die - main stone - is changing from
white dolomite to an Inyo Gold caused by iron stain.”)* |
Front of dolomite
cemetery stone
to the left |
Monument covered in local stone |
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Front of white dolomite
cemetery stone; base of granite |
Back of white dolomite
cemetery stone
to the left |
Front of white dolomite cemetery stone |
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Back of the preceding
white dolomite cemetery stone
(above and on the
right) |
Monument of local stone |
Monument of local stone |
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White dolomite cemetery stone |
Closeup of dolomite cemetery
stone to the left |
One section of a white
dolomite cemetery stone |
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Side view of the
previous dolomite
cemetery stone |
Another side of the
same stone |
Another side of the
same stone |
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Front of white dolomite
cemetery stone |
Another view of the white dolomite
cemetery stone to the left |
Local dolomite used to
surround the burial site |
(* According to Manual Castro, F.W. Aggregates.)
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