Bastard granite

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Bastard granite

Description

A common name for a stone, such as gneiss, that is not a true granite, but is sometimes commercially sold for the same uses.

Authority

  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

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