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

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
Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Back of dolomite cemetery stone to the left Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

Front of white dolomite cemetery stone; base of granite

Back of white dolomite cemetery stone to the left

Front of white dolomite cemetery stone
Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Cemetery marker in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Cemetery marker in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

Back of the preceding white dolomite cemetery stone (above and on the right)

Monument of local stone

 

Monument of local stone

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

White dolomite cemetery stone

Closeup of dolomite cemetery stone to the left

One section of a white dolomite cemetery stone
Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

Side view of the previous dolomite cemetery stone

Another side of the same stone

Another side of the same stone

Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Dolomite cemetery stone in Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA Local dolomite used to surround cemetery plot in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

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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