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 | | There are no mountain ranges in the state E. of the Green Mountains, but distributed along the entire E. border are a number of tall and oval or conical shaped masses known as the Granitic Mountains, and between these and the Green Mountains the country is largely occupied by high hills and deeply carved valleys. |
 | | Mount Ascutney, one of the Granitic Mountains, rises abruptly from the floor of the Connecticut Valley to a height of 3320 ft. The least broken section of Vermont is on the somewhat gentle slope of the Green Mountains in the N.W. and on Grand Isle, North Hero Island, and Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. |
 | | The principal supply is in West Rutland, Proctor and Pittsford; this, the Rutland marble, is a duller, less lustrous white, and of a greater durability than the Carrara marble, and is used largely for monuments and statuary. |
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