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| − | + | This fine specimen, weighing approximately five pounds, comes from Oceanville, a village in Stonington, Maine, on Deer Isle. | |
| − | + | This noble rock has served as a source of income, a symbol of New England, and a building material of enduring appeal. Quarried on the coast of Maine, it has found favor with the builders of the Manhattan Bridge, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the JFK memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The gray sample is accompanied by a pink sample, a variety of stone for which Deer Isle is particularly famed. | |
| − | + | When the Museum acquired this specimen, a friend of the Museum who was present that day identified it as Deer Isle granite with no prompting whatsoever. This proves the distinctive characteristics of this famed building material. | |
| − | + | The Museum's specimen of gray Deer Isle granite is accompanied by a smaller lump of pink granite from the same area. Deer Isle is also famed for this distinctive and somewhat more festive stone. | |
Revision as of 18:48, 29 August 2008
Granite. Deer Isle, Maine.
A crystalline, igneous rock of the Devonian Period, containing both quartz and feldspar. Moderately weathered; displays lichen.
This fine specimen, weighing approximately five pounds, comes from Oceanville, a village in Stonington, Maine, on Deer Isle.
This noble rock has served as a source of income, a symbol of New England, and a building material of enduring appeal. Quarried on the coast of Maine, it has found favor with the builders of the Manhattan Bridge, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the JFK memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The gray sample is accompanied by a pink sample, a variety of stone for which Deer Isle is particularly famed.
When the Museum acquired this specimen, a friend of the Museum who was present that day identified it as Deer Isle granite with no prompting whatsoever. This proves the distinctive characteristics of this famed building material.
The Museum's specimen of gray Deer Isle granite is accompanied by a smaller lump of pink granite from the same area. Deer Isle is also famed for this distinctive and somewhat more festive stone.
