A type of dark slate or fine-grained stone quarried in Alberene, Virginia, used for roofing and decorative purposes.
Named after Alberene, Virginia, where this distinctive stone was quarried. The place name likely derives from family names of early settlers.
This geological eponym shows how American place names can become scientific terms—Alberene slate was so distinctive and useful that geologists started naming the stone after its location!
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