Morton granite

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Description

A medium-grain, biotite granite quarried near Morton, Minnesota. Morton granite is pink with black, red and gray feldspar grains.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Oriental granite

Authority

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

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