Difference between revisions of "Halifax granite"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A coarse-grain, [ | + | A coarse-grain, [[porphyry|porphyritic]], gray [[granite]] with large crystals quarried near Halifax, Nova Scotia (Lent 1925). Halifax granite was used for buildings and monuments. |
== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 16 January 2014
Description
A coarse-grain, porphyritic, gray Granite with large crystals quarried near Halifax, Nova Scotia (Lent 1925). Halifax granite was used for buildings and monuments.
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.
Authority
- 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