St. Cloud granite

Description

A fine-grain gray and a medium-grain pink Granite that is mined near St. Cloud in Stearns and Sherburne Counties, Minnesota. St. Cloud granite is composed of red potassium feldspar crystals mixed with quartz hornblende and biotite. Mined since 1860, it has been used for monuments and a few buildings. St. Cloud granite was used for the exterior of the Civil Service Building in Washington, DC.

Resources and Citations

• 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

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998