Goslee-Mitchell

Although marble is a very attractive stone which can be easily carved into different shaped markers, it has one major problem. Calcite is a mineral which readily dissolves in the presence of acidic water. Unfortunately, rainwater is slightly acidic. As a result, many of the older markers in the cemetery are becoming hard to read as the marble dissolves away. Eventually they will be completely unreadable. For this reason, marble is not commonly used for markers anymore. In the 19th and early 20th century, marble was commonly used because it was a cheaper. But igneous rocks are much more durable, and they are not as expensive as they used to be, so now igneous rocks are mostly used for markers in Parsons.