ABSTRACT
The Kylltal Sandstone belongs to the German Buntsandstein. The Kylltal Sandstone has been used for several applications since the Roman times, for example, as huge blocks, ashlars, columns, for reliefs and sculpturing. Further historic examples are the church St. Amandus, the Abbey of Clervaux, the Cathedral of Strasbourg and the Prince Palace in Wittlich. Modern usage includes masonry, dry stonewalls, cladding of retaining walls, window and door frames, floor and facade tiles, staircases, balusters, fountains, tombstones and sculptures. The sandstones are of white, grey, yellowish or red color. They are fine-to middle-grained; occasionally clay lenses and green plots occur. The sandstones are mostly homogeneous, well sorted with small pores. They are classified as lithic subarkose. The sandstones are composed of 75% components, 14% cement, and a pore volume of 11%. The components consist of quartz, 48%; lithoclasts, 37%; feldspar, 8%; mica, 5%; and carbonate, 2%.
