<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Aquia Creek sandstone</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>siliceous sandstone</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Aquia sandstone</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Virginia freestone</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>freestone, Virginia</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sandstone, Aquia</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sandstone, Aquia Creek</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A brown to light-gray siliceous sandstone from Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. It contains rounded, coarse to fine grains of quartz as well as scattered pebbles and clay pellets as big as 1 inch in diameter; it splits easily in any desired direction. Aquia Creek sandstone was one of the important building stones in early Washington, D.C. ]]></note></mads>