BALMORAL RED GRANITE (CUT AND POLISHED) - Finland
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Polished display piece
Vehmaa, Turku District, SW Finland
This attractive and popular granite is of Precambrian age and is mostly composed of brick-red potassium feldspar, smoky quartz, biotite mica and hornblende.
It acquired its Scottish-sounding name in the early 20th century, a time when granites from Scandinavia were shipped to Aberdeen to be cut and polished before being re-exported all over the World.
This is a good-sized sample which is polished on one side.
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Size: 7 x 6.5 x 6 centimetres
Weight: 586 grams
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