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What kind of rock is hokie stone? ›

Hokie Stone is dolomite, a mineral found in the Appalachian Mountains and most prevalent in Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama. A sedimentary rock, it formed from calcium and magnesium carbonate and occurs in muted shades of pink, red, gray, brown, and black.

Virginia Tech's HokieBird mascot has quite a history, which intertwines the two nicknames. In the early 1900s, the official mascot was a VPI employee who had become a favorite of the cadets—and his special designation as mascot extended to his turkey, which eventually usurped his position.

On October 1, 1872, Addison “Add” Caldwell walked 26 miles from Craig County to enroll as the first student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Ever since then, Virginia Tech has been fulfilling its role as a leading land-grant university.

Each pallet costs $440 and weighs 2,400 pounds of stone, meaning the quarry provides Tech with 6 million pounds of building material each year. Johnston said there is no real concern with running out of Hokie Stone any time soon either.

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The first building using the native limestone was the campus YMCA, constructed in 1899. Richmond architect W.F. West de- signed this modest structure, known today as the Liberal Arts Building, in the Romanesque style.

Hokie Passport Account

This debit account also allows users to print at university computer labs. All Hokie Passport ID cards have an activated Hokie Passport Account available. Hokie Passport funds carry from semester to semester until the individual graduates or is no longer affiliated with the university.

The Hokie Passport Account may be used for university vending, laundries, bookstores, photocopying, at numerous retail locations on and off campus, and in university dining facilities. The Dining Dollars Account may only be used in all Student Programs dining facilities.

Hokie Passport Account funds are stored on your Hokie Passport ID Card and can be used at residential vending machines, laundry facilities, print labs, campus bookstores, dining centers and numerous retail locations on- and off-campus. Convenience, flexibility, and security are just some of the benefits of the account.

Virginia Tech, a former military technical institute in Blacksburg, encourages students to “invent the future.” It is a research powerhouse, with seven research institutes and two university research centers that offer undergraduate and graduate students research opportunities.

What is a Hokie slang? ›

/ˈhoʊki/ IPA guide. Something that's hokey is silly and sentimental — you could also call it "sappy" or "mawkish." A hokey speech is more likely to make people roll their eyes and squirm than to make them cry. You can buy your friend a hokey birthday card as a joke, or read her a hokey poem to make her laugh.

Event details and attendance numbers will be taken into consideration for all requests. The HokieBird has a 2-hour time limit on appearances. For external events, a HokieBird appearance is $200 per hour plus travel expenses.

See “Band Company” under “Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. HokieBird: The name of the popular Virginia Tech mascot, attired in a costume that resembles a caricature of a gobbler. See “Traditions.” Hokies: Applied to all Tech students, athletic teams, and Virginia Tech fans.

Virginia Tech 2024 Rankings

Virginia Tech is ranked No. 79 (tie) out of 255 in Best Education Schools. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.

Geology. Hokie Stone is limestone infused with magnesium and calcium under intense pressure and temperature. Hokie Stone with impurities such as siltstone and sandstone is multi-colored and found on some newer Blacksburg campus structures. South slope of the main quarry in Blacksburg.

Natural whetstones are typically formed of quartz, such as novaculite. The Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas are noted as a source for these.

Gemstone varieties of quartz (SiO2) present in Arkansas include the cryptocrystalline varieties (agate, jasper, chalcedony, banded chert) and crystalline varieties (rock crystal, amethyst, smoky quartz). Another material potentially usable by lapidaries is silicified petrified wood.

Marble is one of the State Rocks of Vermont. The rock is a dark green, fine-to-medium-grained, massive greenstone (mafic schist) composed of chlorite, albite, epidote, actinolite, quartz and calcite.