Sioux Quartzite is over a Billion years old!
Sioux Quartzite has a great story to tell.More than 1.75 billion years ago, through a slow process of erosion and waves when this area was covered by small streams, many layers of sand were laid down. The rocks very slowly changed because of heat, pressure, and silica cement that bonded the individual sand grains. Some of the rocks are marked by grooves, striations, and chattermarks created when glacial ice scraped across them. During the Wisconsin glacier, which was over a mile thick, the sediment left by other glaciers was removed and some of the beautiful Sioux Quartzite was exposed. The Quartzite was cross-cut by shallow, wind-eroded grooves when sustained, high-velocity winds blew, leaving behind a smooth polished surface. Composed of almost 100 percent quartz, it is very resistant to erosion.
The colors in the quartzite layers vary from almost white/pink to a deep red/purple. The color comes from iron compounds coating the sand grains that make up the Sioux Quartzite. Iron oxides increase with the deeper color.
Over thousands of years, the lichens on many of the beautiful boulders, break down rock into rich black soil.
A Japanese Meditation Garden
designed by a local artist using our beautiful Sioux Quartzite in a previously lost area of her yard.
The Cycle of Life
The following are individual pictures, with descriptions of this garden.
This sitting rock beneath a big old tree,
provides a relaxing place to meditate.
The Cycle of life is represented through the following pictures.
The Maiden Matron and Child The Old Crone
The above bird bath was designed by Burdell.
He also built the Japanese lantern below using the various rocks available in our Sioux Quartzite stock. Candles are placed on different ledges for viewing at night.
Below is landscaping that was done in Sheldon, IA,
using our Sioux Quartzite Boulders.
Rock County Prairie Stone
609 N Cottage Grove
Luverne, MN 56156
Phone 507 283 8511
Fax 507 283 2205
email sales@rosecoloredrocks.com