Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. rock (inorganic material)
8. sedimentary rock
9. [sedimentary rock by composition]
10. carbonate rock
11. limestone
12. [limestone by pattern, texture or color]

Anotations

Scope note:

Among the most important types of rock used for garden building in China. A type of limestone categorized according to its northern and southern varieties, it is found both underwater and in the mountains. The type found in Lake Taihu in Jiangsu province is the most well-known variety, and thus “Taihu rock” has become a general designation for such stones.