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2. Granitic Seychelles - Wikipedia

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   The Granitic Seychelles contrast with the Coralline Seychelles or the Outer Islands, several island groups made up of low coral islands with dry, infertile soils. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Granitic Seychelles are home to tropical moist forests , with several endemic species, including the coco de mer ( Lodoicea maldivica ), and the jellyfish tree ...

3. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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   Granite (1985); New Hampshire's nickname is the Granite State: Smoky ... fossil coral (1990 ... have supported the move as the olive green rock is a ...

4. Geology of Seychelles - Wikipedia

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   The geology of Seychelles is an example of a felsic granite microcontinent that broke off from the supercontinent Gondwana within the past 145 million years and become isolated in the Indian Ocean. The islands are primarily granite rock, with some sequences of sedimentary rocks formed during rift basin periods or times when the islands were ...

5. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   W.N. Flynt Granite Co., in Monson, Massachusetts, a granite quarry that opened in 1809 and operated until 1935. By 1888, the company employed over 200 workers, and produced about 30,000 tons of granite per year. Quincy Quarries Reservation, in Quincy, Massachusetts, producer of granite from 1826 to 1963, including for the Bunker Hill Monument.

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7. List of decorative stones - Wikipedia

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   The granite of the dimension-stone industry along with truly granitic rock also includes gneiss, gabbro, anorthosite and even some sedimentary rocks. Natural stone is used as architectural stone (construction, flooring, cladding, counter tops, curbing, etc.) and as raw block and monument stone for the funerary trade.

8. Italy’s famous deserted island hermit dies at 85 - AOL

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   Mauro Morandi, a man who made an art of living off the grid on a deserted Mediterranean island for more than 30 years has died at the age of 85, just three years after he returned to civilization.

9. Jade - Wikipedia

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   Main jade producing countries. Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments.Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminum in the pyroxene group of minerals). [1]