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St. Petersburg is located in a unique geological situation, which determined its unique stone appearance. To the north of the city, rocks of the Baltic Crystal Shield come to the surface. These are igneous and metamorphic rocks (granites, marble, quartzites, gneiss, crystalline shales). To the south of St. Petersburg, you can see a lot of sedimentary rocks (limestone and tuff). All the listed rocks have a variety of colors and could have been delivered by water for the construction of the city.
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Bulakh, A., Panova, E. (2023). Where and How Did Stone Mine Near St. Petersburg. In: Panova, E. (eds) The History of Natural Stone in Saint-Petersburg. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18861-9_14
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