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  2. 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.

  3. Granite Mountain (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Granite Mountain is a solid dome, also known as a bornhardt, of pink granite (pink granite is also known as Sunset Red) rising over 860 feet one mile west of Marble Falls, Texas. Since quarry operations began in the late 19th century, the distinctive pink-red colored rock has been used in the construction of the Texas State Capitol in Austin ...

  4. Dimension stone - Wikipedia

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    These rock types are more commonly known as granite, limestone, marble, travertine, quartz-based stone (sandstone, quartzite) and slate. Other varieties of dimension stone that are normally considered to be special minor types include alabaster (massive gypsum ), soapstone (massive talc ), serpentine and various products fashioned from natural ...

  5. List of rock types - Wikipedia

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    Phyllite Banded gneiss with a dike of granite orthogneiss Marble Quartzite Manhattan Schist, from Southeastern New York Slate. Anthracite – Hard, compact variety of coal; Amphibolite – Metamorphic rock type; Blueschist – Type of metavolcanic rock; Cataclasite – Rock found at geological faults – A rock formed by faulting

  6. The 45 Most Beautiful Kitchen Decor Ideas, Straight from ...

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    In this Santa Barbara kitchen designed by Mark D. Sikes, creamy white cabinetry (White Tie, Farrow & Ball), elegant marble counters, matte white pendant lights, blue tile, and oil-rubbed bronze ...

  7. Granite - Wikipedia

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    Granite (/ ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground.

  8. Porphyry (geology) - Wikipedia

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    "Imperial Porphyry" from the Red Sea Mountains of Egypt A waterworn cobble of porphyry Rhyolite porphyry from Colorado; scale bar in lower left is 1 cm (0.39 in). Porphyry (/ ˈ p ɔːr f ə r i / 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.

  9. List of types of marble - Wikipedia

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    Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy. The following is a list of various types of marble according to location. (NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.

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