Westerly Pink Granite

What makes it special is that its texture and color are the same throughout the stone said linda smith chaffee.

Westerly pink granite. Please call us at 401 377 2530 or. The mineral composition of westerly granite makes it easy to polish. Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of washington county rhode island first settled by english colonists in 1661 and incorporated as a municipality in 1669 it is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a population of 22 787 as of the 2010 census. It also called pink westerly granite.

Pink westerly is a kind of multicolor granite quarried in united states. This rock comes from near westerly in southwestern rhode island usa. Westerly granite comes in blue gray red and pink each with tiny dark flecks. Both men and granite crossed the atlanti c.

Large number of pages viewed. Westerly granite found between westerly and bradford is a pink to gray fine grained granite composed of glassy quartz black mica and feldspar. The pawcatuck river flows on the western border of westerly and was once renowned for its own species of westerly. This stone is especially good for bathroom tops wall cladding counter top shower dimensional stone flooring residential and other design projects.

First recognized in 1846 by orlando smith. Joseph newall established a stone c utting shed in westerly in 1885 to complement his dalbeattie based operations. Comolli granite of westerly ri provides granite memorials monuments mausoleum markers pavers and benches. Pink westerly granite a fairly typical granite with an even phaneritic texture.

The westerly though dated at 276 7 ma u pb may slightly postdate the narragansett pier u pb 273 2 ma based on apparent intrusive contacts. Pink westerly can be processed into polished sawn cut sanded rockfaced sandblasted tumbled and so on. It is mid early permian in age dating to 279 million years sakmarian stage or artinskian stage depending on what geologic time scale one uses. This quarry produced blue white westerly granite ideal for monument work.

During this period peleg clarke a noted architect and builder in the region was hired to design and construct the beautiful 3 story stone mill building using locally cut westerly pink granite. Please note that comolli granite will be closed from aug 12 through aug 18 for vacations. The growth of the quarries stimulated the immigrat ion of scots to the new england.