Pulaskite granite

Description

A coarse-grain, dark bluish-gray syenite quarried on Fourche Mountain in Pulaski County, Arkansas (Lent 1925). Pulaskite granite was used locally for buildings.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Magnet Cove granite; Fourche Mountain granite

Additional Information

F.Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries, Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925.

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925