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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A medium-grain, [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=hornblende hornblende] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=pyroxene pyroxene] [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=granite granite] quarried in Quincy, Massachusetts. Quincy granite has a gray background with dark bluish gray and blue-black spots. It polishes to a high gloss. Quincy granite was one of the first stones used for building in the colonies and was used in many notable historic buildings, such as King's Chapel, US Court and Custom House in Boston, Massachusetts.
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A medium-grain, [[hornblende|hornblende]] and [[pyroxene|pyroxene]] [[granite|granite]] quarried in Quincy, Massachusetts. Quincy granite has a gray background with dark bluish gray and blue-black spots. It polishes to a high gloss. Quincy granite was one of the first stones used for building in the colonies and was used in many notable historic buildings, such as King's Chapel, US Court and Custom House in Boston, Massachusetts.
  
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==Resources and Citations==
  
 
* ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
 
* ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

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Description

A medium-grain, Hornblende and Pyroxene Granite quarried in Quincy, Massachusetts. Quincy granite has a gray background with dark bluish gray and blue-black spots. It polishes to a high gloss. Quincy granite was one of the first stones used for building in the colonies and was used in many notable historic buildings, such as King's Chapel, US Court and Custom House in Boston, Massachusetts.

Resources and Citations

  • 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

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