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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. | 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. | ||
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* 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 | * 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 | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 1 May 2016
Description
A general name for any granite quarried in Wisconsin (Lent 1925). They are used for decoration and monuments.
Examples are:
- Mahogany: medium-grain dark red quarried at Lohrville
- Wisconsin Ruby: coarse-grain deep red quarried at Wausau
- Marinette: fine-grain red with white crystals formerly quarried at Red Granite
- Montello: fine-grain, hard, maroon red quarried at Montello
- Montrose: coarse-grain pink and gray quarried at Middle Inlet
- Pike River Gray: fine-grain, dark gray with white feldspar quarried at Amberg
- Parcher Green: coarse-grain green with white or black quarried at Wausau
- Berlin Rhyolite: fine-grain, purplish-black with pink feldspar quarried at Berlin
Synonyms and Related Terms
Mahogany; Ruby Red; Marinette; Montello; Montrose; Pike River Gray; Parcher Green; Berlin Rhyolite
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
- 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