Rainbow granite

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Rainbow granite
Martus Stone

Description

A granite stone with numerous mottled colors in a wavy pattern than can resemble a rainbow. Rainbow granite quarried in Morton, Minnesota, has a dark black or green background with pink, yellow and red crystals producing a variegated pattern (Brady 1971). Another type, called African Rainbow Granite, is quarried in Nambia and has a white to ivory background with mutiple color pink and blue veins.

Additional Information

Rainbow granite

G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971.

Martus Stone at https://www.martusstone.com/product/rainbow-granite/

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