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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A granite stone with numerous mottled colors. Rainbow granite usually has a dark black or green background with pink, yellow and red crystals  
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A granite stone with numerous mottled colors in a wavy pattern than can resemble a rainbow. Rainbow granite usually has a dark black or green background with pink, yellow and red crystals producing a variegated pattern (Brady 1971). It is quarried in Morton, Minnesota.
producing a variegated pattern (Brady 1971). This combination of colors can give it the appearance of a rainbow.  
 
  
 
== Additional Information ==
 
== Additional Information ==

Revision as of 13:36, 12 June 2020

Rainbow granite
Martus Stone

Description

A granite stone with numerous mottled colors in a wavy pattern than can resemble a rainbow. Rainbow granite usually has a dark black or green background with pink, yellow and red crystals producing a variegated pattern (Brady 1971). It is quarried in Morton, Minnesota.

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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