Testing

Serpentine stone

Samples for multiple analysis: shear strength, drying shrinkage, water vapor transmission

Brick coupons with varying degrees of salts.

Fragments of Guastavino Akoustolith tile from:

• Washington National Cathedral
• Buffalo Central Terminal
• Nazareth Hall
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine
• Nebraska State Capitol
• Eglise de Notre Dame

Guastavino Akoustolith acoustical tiles and fragments used for compressive strength from the following sites:

• St. John the Divine (SJD)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (END)
• Buffalo Central Terminal (BCT)
• Nazareth Hall, University of Northwestern (NH)
• Washington National Cathedral (WNC)
• Nebraska State Capitol (NSC)

Bedding mortar, substrate, paint finishes, substrate, painted concrete.

Microsamples and salt tests from Dakota Sandstone

Ex-situ petrified wood fragments from Stump P-47 bonded with Araldite 2015 epoxy.

Sandstone

Sandstone disks and limestone cubes of varying sizes

Sieved soils from Campo Santo, Wall, Brick 51

Raw brick clay and mortar analysis from Western Clay Manufacturing Company, Helena, Montana.

Untested assemblies of Araldite 2015 epoxy spot welds on fragments from Stump P47 at Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument

Fragments from multiple thesis on the Early Phrygian Gate Gordion, Turkey