New Hampshire State Outlined Granite Stone Carved Solid Figure

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New Hampshire Outlined Granite Stone Carved Solid Figure
Less than half of New Hampshire’s bedrock, meaning the solid rock underneath our soil, is actually granite. Much of it, including Mount Washington and the rest of the Presidential Range, is something called schist.
Granite, is an igneous rock created by the cooling of molten magma as it oozes up from lower levels. That is compared with sedimentary rock like limestone, created when layers of material gets deposited on ocean floors and squeezed over the course of many millennia.
New Hampshire’s bedrock is entirely igneous rock or a similar form called metamorphic rock, created when heat and pressure alters existing sedimentary or igneous rock. That, incidentally, is why we don’t have any fossils to speak of: Our bedrock has been heated or crushed or melted so much that no fossilized bones are discernible.
Granite is mostly quartz and feldspar with some white Muscovite mica. The smooth gray of Concord granite exists because it contains small grains of the light-colored minerals. Equally famous Conway granite has black biotite mica.
The most obvious granite in New Hampshire is the face of Cannon Mountain as seen in Franconia Notch, former home to the Old Man of the Mountain. The reason the Old Man fell is that it had a type of pink feldspar which weathers out first. Over time it was eaten away, until it couldn’t hold up.
Concord Gray granite
makes its mark on the country.
Parts of the Washington Monument were also constructed with this timeless granite. Close to home, Concord Gray was chosen as the main material for the New Hampshire state house, New Hampshire Savings Bank, and Concord Public Library.
Granite is extremely heat- and scratch-resistant, since it was formed under higher temperatures.
Granite is an igneous rock known for being very hard
. Quartzite, on the other hand, is a metamorphic rock composed almost entirely of quartz, the hardest material on earth. ... Both granite and quartzite are very hard, but on the Mohs scale of hardness (from 1 to 10, with 10 being hardest) quartzite has the slight edge.
Beautiful p[piece. Excellent used condition.
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Weight: 10lb 10oz
Dimensions: 13 X 6 1/2 X 2 1/8"
Available for your viewing pleasure in downtown Wolfeboro, NH at 68 Center St. - a stately Victorian house with an adjoining barn/gift shop, called Flags Over Winnipesaukee. The sign also says NE Dock & Barge. Come in and browse this item, and many other unique & unusual gifts including ornamental lawn spinners, solar-powered garden flowers, chimes, flags, kayak racks and other outdoor offerings.
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