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Granite containing potassium feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, quartz, biotite, and/or amphibole. Granite is nearly always massive (lacking any internal structures), hard [specify], and tough. These properties have made granite a widespread construction stone throughout human history.
Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. Stonemasonry is the craft of shaping and arranging stones, often together with mortar and even the ancient lime mortar, to wall or cover formed structures.
Stone Mountain, Georgia, site of granite quarrying from the 1830s. Its granite was used in the locks of the Panama Canal and in steps to the U.S. Capitol building. The mountain is known for its Confederate memorial carving started by Gutzon Borglum and for association with the Ku Klux Klan revival in 1916.
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park, 15 miles (24 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia. Outside the park is the city of Stone Mountain, Georgia. The park is the most visited tourist site in the state of Georgia. The park is owned by the state of Georgia. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet (514 ...
Architecture of Aberdeen. The architecture of Aberdeen, Scotland, is known for the use of granite as the principal construction material. The stone, which has been quarried in and around the city, has given Aberdeen the epithet The Granite City, or more romantically, and less commonly used, the Silver City, after the mica in the stone which ...
Porphyry (geology) Porphyry (/ ˈpɔːrfəri / POR-fə-ree) is any of various granites or igneous rocks with coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine-grained silicate -rich, generally aphanitic matrix or groundmass. In its non-geologic, traditional use, the term porphyry usually refers to the purple-red form of ...
Shawne Wickham, The New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester. July 5, 2024 at 11:59 PM. Jul. 5—CONCORD. It seems unthinkable that a time would come when the Granite State no longer produces ...
The museum exhibits monuments made from Missouri Red Granite. Each is 100 feet (30 m) long. Conceived as a historic record of humanity designed to last for four millennia, the Museum of History in Granite is a collection of over 900 large granite outdoor panels. [1] The museum was conceived and commissioned by Jacques-André Istel and its lead ...