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2. Rapakivi granite - Wikipedia

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   Rapakivi granite is a hornblende - biotite granite containing large round crystals of orthoclase each with a rim of oligoclase (a variety of plagioclase). The name has come to be used most frequently as a textural term where it implies plagioclase rims around orthoclase in plutonic rocks. Rapakivi is a Finnish compound of "rapa" (meaning "mud ...

3. Michael Braun House - Wikipedia

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   Michael Braun House. /  35.62222°N 80.44111°W  / 35.62222; -80.44111. The Michael Braun House (also known as the Old Stone House) is a historic Colonial stone house located near Granite Quarry, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. It is the oldest known dwelling in Rowan County and one of the oldest in the Piedmont region of ...

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. 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.

6. Brittany Brown (sprinter) - Wikipedia

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   200 m. Diamond League. 2024. 200 m. NACAC Championships. 2022 Freeport. 200 m. Brittany Brown OLY [citation needed] (born April 18, 1995) is an American sprinter. She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 m event [2] and the bronze medal in the 200 m event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

7. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry - Wikipedia

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   e. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry[nb 1] was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or tragic prelude to, the American Civil War ...