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2. Tennessee marble - Wikipedia

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   Quarried block of pink Tennessee marble. Tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.Long esteemed by architects and builders for its pinkish-gray color and the ease with which it is polished, the stone has been used in the construction of numerous notable buildings and monuments throughout the United States and Canada ...

3. List of types of marble - Wikipedia

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   Daleti marble, Western Welega: white, white with grey veins and other colours [1] Enda Tikurir marble, Western Tigray. Newi marble, Central Tigray. Akmara marble, Central Tigray. Dichinamo marble, Western Tigray.

4. Granite - Wikipedia

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   Granite (/ ˈɡrænɪt / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) 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.

5. Quartz Vs. Granite: Which Stone Is Right For Your ... - AOL

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   Quartz countertops are composed of crushed quartz crystals, resins, and more pigments. An increasingly popular choice for kitchens, quartz countertops are designed to be durable and resistant to ...

6. S-type granite - Wikipedia

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   The S-type Granya Granite shows the characteristic white feldspars, grey quartz, and black biotite, the highly reflective mineral is muscovite. The S-type Strathbogie Granite crops out in the Strathbogie Ranges of Australia. A hand sample from the Strathbogie Granite has a porphyritic texture with larger crystal of grey quartz, called ...

7. I-type granite - Wikipedia

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   Color index, or the modal abundance of minerals other than quartz, plagioclase and alkali feldspar (e.g., mafic silicates, oxides, sulfides, phosphates, etc.), can be used to infer the maturity of a granite. Juvenile I-type granites have a higher color index. Amphibole, biotite, sphene, allanite, and oxides are typically more abundant. In ...