Difference between revisions of "Rainbow granite"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A granite stone with numerous mottled colors in a wavy pattern than can resemble a rainbow. Rainbow granite | + | 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 == | == Additional Information == | ||
Revision as of 13:39, 12 June 2020
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
G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971.
Martus Stone at https://www.martusstone.com/product/rainbow-granite/