A desert of eastern Egypt between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea. Porphyry, granite, and sandstone found here have been used as building materials since ancient times.

埃及东部一沙漠，位于尼罗河流域与红海之间。自古以来就在此发现的斑岩、花岗岩及砂岩，用作建筑材料。

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Applicable scope: various low-standard granite surface, litchi surface, fire water cut, sandstone all kinds of building materials.

适用范围：各种中低档花岗岩火烧面、荔枝面，水切面，砂岩等各种建筑材料。

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Suide Soil and Water Conservation Experimental Station of YRCC conducted tests and study on probing and using the construction method of feldspathic sandstone as dam building material in 1997.

为探索利用砒砂岩作为筑坝材料的施工方法，黄河水利委员会绥德水土保持科学试验站于1997年进行了试验研究。

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But the agency said the local weather was taking its toll on the sandstone building and has sought views on its conservation.

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SNH, which also owns most of the land on Rum, has already carried out some work to make the sandstone building wind and watertight.

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