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    Hokie Stone is limestone infused with magnesium and calcium under intense pressure and temperature. Hokie Stone … See more

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    Hokie Stone - Wikipedia

    • Hokie Stone is a grey dolomite—limestone rock found near Blacksburg, in western Virginia. It gets its name from the traditional nickname attributed to students and alumni of Virginia Tech. Hokie Stone is quarried by Virginia Tech for campus projects and is prominently displayed on the majority of buildings throughout the Blacksburg campus. … See more

    Quarry

    Eighty percent of the stone is quarried from a 40-acre (160,000 m ) Virginia Tech-owned quarry a few miles from campus near the Highland Park subdivision of Blacksburg, Virginia. Twenty-five to thirty Virginia Tech employees … See more

    History

    The native woodland Indians are believed to have made tools from Hokie Stone.
    When the university was founded in 1872, buildings built in the Old Quad (now known as the Upper Quad) were red brick structures, … See more

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    • The saw that cuts Hokie Stone down to manageable sizes.
    • The breaker that breaks Hokie Stone to sizes that can be easily handled.
    • Hokie Stone surface detail view, with gargoyle. … See more

    External links

    • Virginia Tech Board of Visitors: Resolution on Hokie Stone — "Attachment H" to minutes of 2010 meeting. See more

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  3. Virginia Tech
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    All about Hokie Stone | Virginia Tech

    Hokie Stone is dolomite, a mineral found in the Appalachian Mountains and most prevalent in Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama. A sedimentary rock, it formed from calcium and magnesium carbonate and occurs in muted shades of pink, …

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    Hokie Stone: What’s that rock Virginia Tech players …

    Sep 30, 2017 · Hokie Stone is dolomite limestone, a rock-forming mineral. It’s most commonly found in Appalachia. It can have shades of pink, red, gray, …

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  5. Virginia Tech
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  6. Virginia Places
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    Environmental changes caused the color variations of Hokie Stone. The older pinkish dolomites resulted from their formation during an era when the region faced an arid, desert-like climate that had a bleaching effect on the rocks.

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    What does Hokie Stone look like?
    Hokie Stone is characterized by its darker gray and black colors. Virginia Tech’s quarry operations produce about 50 tons of it per week, or approximately 2,500 tons per year. A single ton of the stone covers about 35 square feet on a building. So, 35 square feet of Hokie Stone looks like this:

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    What is Hokie Stone used for?
    In addition to building exteriors, Hokie Stone is used in important monuments such as biographical markers outside each campus building providing a brief history of the person for whom the building is named.

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    Where is Hokie Stone mined?
    Hokie Stone is mined at the university's own quarry on the fringes of Blacksburg. It was originally called ‘our native stone’, but is now more commonly known as Hokie Stone.

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    Is Virginia Tech's campus clad in Hokie Stone?
    Many buildings on Virginia Tech's campus are clad in Hokie Stone. While Virginia Tech invents the future, it does not forget its past. Nowhere is this reverence for tradition more evident than in the vista of the campus.

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    How Tech Ticks: Virginia Tech's quarry rocks

    Stone from the university quarry is primarily shades of pink and gray, but the façade on Hokie Stone buildings calls for 20 percent black rock. This comes from a quarry in Luster's Gate, about 600-700 tons a year. Called a "bull nose," …

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    First Hokie Stone set into Virginia Tech Carilion …

    Hokie Stone, a type of dolomite limestone, is the traditional building material used on Virginia Tech buildings. Most of the stones come from a 40-acre quarry located near the Virginia Tech central campus in Blacksburg, Va.

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  13. WTOP News
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    ‘Hokie stone rule’ not in effect at new Va. Tech campus

    Feb 25, 2019 · Prevalent in quarries in Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama, what came to be known as Hokie Stone is dolomite. According to the university, “A sedimentary rock, it formed from calcium and magnesium...

  14. vt.edu
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    The Virginia Tech innovation campus needs more Hokie Stone

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  18. Reddit
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