Porbandar stone

E886350

Porbandar stone is a creamy-yellow limestone from the Porbandar region of Gujarat, India, traditionally used as a durable and decorative building material in notable colonial-era architecture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Porbandar stone canonical 2

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building material ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
appearance uniform ⓘ
belongsToCategory Indian building stones ⓘ
limestones of India ⓘ
color creamy-yellow ⓘ
foundInCountry India ⓘ
foundInRegion Porbandar ⓘ
foundInState Gujarat ⓘ
geologicalType sedimentary rock ⓘ
hasMaterial calcium carbonate ⓘ
notableUseRegion western India ⓘ
linked to: Western India
property durable ⓘ
weather-resistant ⓘ
workable ⓘ
quarriedNear Porbandar city ⓘ
linked to: Porbandar
texture fine-grained ⓘ
usedFor architectural detailing ⓘ
building construction ⓘ
decorative cladding ⓘ
usedIn balustrades ⓘ
columns ⓘ
cornices ⓘ
facades ⓘ
interior flooring ⓘ
wall cladding ⓘ
usedInArchitectureStyle colonial architecture ⓘ
usedInPeriod colonial era ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rajabai Clock Tower → materialUsed → Porbandar stone ⓘ
Crawford Market, Bombay → materialUsed → Porbandar stone ⓘ