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	Worktop - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Worktop
		Granite is a hard, resistant rock, but when it is subjected to weathering it may be broken down to produce fine china clay (kaolin).
		Granite is an igneous rock, normally found deep in the earth's crust and made of crystals formed from the cooling of molten magma.
		Granites often form large intrusions in the core of mountain ranges, and they are usually surrounded by zones of metamorphic rock (rock that has been altered by heat or pressure).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Worktop (575 words)

	Maine Granite Quarries List - Page 2
		Granite from the quarry was reportedly a light-gray with a medium grain.
		Granite from the quarry was reportedly a light-gray shade with conspicuous smoky quartz and slightly bluish-white feldspar with a coarse texture.
		Granite from the quarry was reportedly a medium to light gray color with a slight greenish tinge, evenly spangled with fl and white mica and a medium texture.
	www.cagenweb.com /quarries/states/me-maine_granite_quarry_list2.html (8261 words)

	Granite Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granite Island (35°33′S 138°37′E) is a very small island next to Victor Harbor, South Australia, not far from South Australia's Capital city, Adelaide.
		This 2 1/2 acre island of the worlds oldest granite rock rising 60 feet from the surface of Lake Superior.
		The Granite Island Light Station was operated by Lighthouse Keepers and assistant Keepers until the facility was automated in 1937 and the living quarters was abandoned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granite_Island (258 words)

	Pulau Ubin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name literally means "Granite Island" in Malay, which explains the many abandoned granite quarries there.
		On June 3, 2005, the Singapore government ordered that all the farmers rearing poultry on the island were to be shipped to mainland Singapore and reared in government-approved farms by June 17, 2005, in the wake of the avian flu from Malaysia.
		The future of the island is in the hands of Singapore, but its status of witness of a former way of life will most probably disappear with the last "kampung" generation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pulau_Ubin (684 words)

	CORSICA - Ile de Beaute - The Scented Isle - Granite Island - Kalliste For centuries, visitors to Corsica returned home ...
		With 5,500 square miles, it is the third largest island in the western Mediterranean, and about a third of the surface area of Sardinia, its Italian neighbor to the south.
		During the 19th century, under Napoleon III and the third republic, the island was developed economically, with the building of roads, the railway and schools.
		This decline of the population on the island led to a decrease in the importance of agriculture and the rural lifestyle.
	members.cox.net /billandleann/corsica_history.htm (1154 words)

	SEEING THE LIGHT - Granite Island Lighthouse
		The structure itself was built of undressed hard granite taken from the Huron Islands, and consisted of a ten foot square, forty foot high tower attached to a 2,408 sq.
		Their complaints falling on deaf ears until the bell from Thunder Bay Island was replaced with a steam whistle, and the old bell was shipped to Granite Island, where it was installed in a newly constructed tower at the rear of the keepers quarters.
		Serving on the island for 30 years from 1885 to 1915, he retired from service at the age of 83, and personally experienced the fury that the waters around Granite Island could bring.
	www.terrypepper.com /lights/superior/granite/granite.htm (1124 words)

	Encyclopedia: Granite Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With the discovery of iron ore in the area around 1840, Marquette was fast becoming one of the busiest ports in the Upper Peninsula, and Granite's Island's location approximately twelve-and-a-half miles to the northeast, represented a major threat to vessels making passage to and from the harbor.
		In the latest chapter in the Granite Island story, in 1999, the Coast Guard decided that a number of the lighthouses in inventory were considered to be "in excess," and announced that they would receive bids on the property through June 15, 1999.
		Granite Island was among these excess lights, and Scott Holman of Freeland, Michigan submitted the highest bid of $86,000, took title to the island, and is now the station's newest "keeper."
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Granite-Island (538 words)

	Structures and Monuments in Which Maine Stone was Used - Page 1
		Granite from the Stinchfield and Longfellow Quarry in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine, was reportedly used in the construction of the Soldiers Monument.
		Granite from the Ricker Quarry was a light-gray shade with conspicuous smoky quartz and slightly bluish-white feldspar with a coarse texture.
		Granite from the F. Bradbury and Sons Quarry in Maine, was used in the construction of the culverts in eastern Maine for the Maine Central and Washington County Railroad.
	www.cagenweb.com /quarries/states/me-structures.html (8740 words)

	Granite Island Lighthouse Privatization Shines [Mackinac Center for Public Policy]
		Since there is no dump on the small island, garbage generated by the restoration had to be hauled ashore and disposed of properly-especially in the case of asbestos shingles, which were handled by Superior Environmental of Marquette.
		A portable, wall-less commode (similar to an RV chemical toilet) was hauled to the island for workers' convenience and placed on the north end of the island to ensure "picturesque views" for its users.
		Unfortunately, rather than take Granite Island as an example of the benefits to be derived from allowing private ownership of lighthouses, state and federal leaders are back to responding to calls for lighthouse preservation in the usual way: by expanding the government's role.
	www.mackinac.org /3997 (1525 words)

	Victor Harbor Tourism - Granite Island
		Granite Island is one of the most recognised ecological attractions in Victor Harbor due to its unusual granite formations with crashing white waves, elevated views, flora and fauna and walking trails that provide outstanding panoramic coastal views.
		Typical are the large rounded boulders on the surface of the island.
		Within the granite on the Bluff and Granite Island, are pieces of pre-existing rock masses which the magma engulfed in its rise from the depths before it solidified into granite.
	www.victor.sa.gov.au /site/page.cfm?u=291 (235 words)

	Granite Island Recreation Park - Natural Attractions
		Once penguins become independent adults and leave the nest, they spend the first 2 years of their life travelling the seas (one penguin that was tagged near Granite Island was found in Tasmania).
		Granite Island was once connected to the mainland.
		Over millions of years, the thick layers of sediment that covered the granite were gradually eroded away by water, exposing the granite beneath.
	www.environment.sa.gov.au /parks/granite_is/natural.html (454 words)

	Page Title \| Anyplace Wild Television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granite was quarried by (mostly immigrant) stone workers, then carved into everything from unbelievably ornate friezes to pillars and columns, or shipped raw to construction sites all over the U.S. Stone from Maine is in public buildings as far away as Omaha, Nebraska and New Orleans, Louisiana.
		The stone cutters and their families were cleared off the island nearly overnight, leaving many possessions behind as they scrambled for a ride to the mainland.
		While the island is not open to the general public, the school runs a series of week-long courses there on survival and stewardship of the outdoors.
	www.anyplacewildtv.com /tripplan_208.shtml (1069 words)

	Appia Marble & Granite, Inc. : Granite and Marble Stonecare : granite kitchen countertops,granite counter top,granite ...
		Granite is the least susceptible of any product to scratches.
		The third dimension of depth is one of the key ways that granite sets itself apart from synthetic materials.
		Unlike synthetics, granite reflects light back into the room to create a luminance and feeling that can't be duplicated.
	www.appiamarblegranite.com /stonecare.cfm (186 words)

	Granite Island Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The island is barely visible as a bump on the water from Marquette.
		The light is built of rough granite blocks, with coursed ashlar used on the cornices and the frames for the windows and doors.
		That meant that ships seldom passed between the island and the shore and the light was no longer needed.
	personal.bgsu.edu /~nordstr/lighthouse.html (482 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Forty km to the west of Axel Heiberg Island, on the continental shelf, Meighen Island is capped by unconsolidated sand of the Neogene Beaufort Formation (Thorsteinsson, 1961).
		Granite erratics were ubiquitous on the southwestern two-thirds of the island, but were absent on the northeastern third where diabase erratics were dominant.
		The absence of granite on northeastern Meighen Island and the Fay Islands suggests that most of a trunk glacier in Sverdrup Channel was fed directly from Axel Heiberg Island ice which displaced regional granite-bearing ice farther to the west.
	www.colorado.edu /INSTAAR/ArcticWS/data/abstr/66.html (435 words)

	GRANITE ISLAND: Matthew Flinders & the Coastal Landforms of SE Australia
		Granite island is an important penguin rookery, and is managed carefully, with the highest priority given to ecological concerns.
		Granite Island is visited by walking along a causeway from the resort centre of Victor Harbour, riding in a tram, or taking a boat cruise.
		Granite tends to be quite resistant to breakdown; it is often found in areas that are higher than surrounding areas (of other rock types).
	www.vnc.qld.edu.au /enviro/flinders/f-p-sgi.htm (931 words)

	'The Reef' Granite Island on Wedding SA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Being located on the far Eastern beach, and nestled between the Breakwater and Screwpile Jetty on Granite Island, you and your guests will be delighted and amazed at the location and the beautiful seaside ambience that will envelop you.
		Granite Island as a wedding venue can be all encompassing, offering Garden Wedding areas, Cocktails on the lawns, spectacular and dramatic photo locations, together with the unique Horse-Drawn Tram to convey your guests to your special event.
		Consider having your guests transported to 'The Reef' Granite Island by horse drawn tram.
	www.weddingsa.com /graniteisland (203 words)

	Granite Island and Victor Harbor: In the Fleurieu Peninsula Region of South Australia
		The “entrance statement” polished granite boulders emphasise that this is a special place, with the aboriginal word “Kaiki” carved into the face, and a new life size group of penguins captured in bronze by Silvio Apponyi (his whale tail fountain is already a defining image on the mainland).
		Just up the raised walkway leading to the path that circumnavigates the massive outcrop, our Granite Island Nature Park tour guide, Amy Pysden, points out that we are off the ground so the penguins can pass underneath on their daily to and fro.
		On Granite Island Discovery Tours, Amy and her colleagues try to convey just what a mammoth task it was back in 1880 to shift that huge ribbon of granite.
	www.postcards.sa.com.au /features/granite_island_victor.html (881 words)

	The Observer \| Travel \| Rock chic
		The mountainous island rising from the Mediterranean sea with its strange customs, history, landscape, wildlife and food is declared open for weekend breaks.
		Many of the island's colourful festivals celebrate the local produce, be it the mountain pig, Brocciu cheese, wine, fish or the chestnut.
		Dorothy Carrington's extraordinary account of years spent on and studying the island, Granite Island: A Portrait Of Corsica, is worth tracking down from a secondhand bookseller as it gets right under the skin of the place.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Observer/travel/story/0,6903,1489372,00.html (1650 words)

	Granite Island Recreation Park
		Granite Island Nature Park Pty Ltd, the lessees of the north shore lease area, provide a range of activities and facilities for visitors to experience on the island.
		Walking trails wind around the island and allow visitors the opportunity to explore the reserve at their leisure.
		The work is achieved with the assistance of the Friends of Granite Island Recreation Park.
	www.environment.sa.gov.au /parks/granite_is/park.html (301 words)

	Rogar Mobile Kitchen Island with Granite Top and BONUS Chopping Block
		Mobile Kitchen Island with Granite Top -- This unique piece of kitchen furniture is topped with a 1" thick slab of solid granite in your choice of color** (top to bottom): desert sand (also shown in larger picture), absolute fl, evergreen, or white wave.
		Granite is a tough, durable stone - - only diamonds are stronger.
		Granite is perfect for working with pastry but not recommended for use as a cutting board.
	www.comforthouse.com /comfort/granitekitchen.html (547 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Granite Island, South Australia, Australia
		Granite Island is a small island located in Victor Harbour, very near Adelaide and off the coast of South Australia.
		Granite Island is close enough to land to be accessed via a large bridge, around 600 metres long.
		It is possible to walk over the bridge, drive slowly (if you apply for and receive a special permit) or take a horse-drawn tram across to the island.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A3525671 (177 words)

	Granite Eating Island with Antique Black Finish - Free Shipping
		Featuring premium charcoal granite with a 1.5" thick edge, the granite top kitchen cart island is perfect for all your food preparation.
		This kitchen island features a cabinet with an adjustable shelf & two large storage drawers for utensils, silverware, and other kitchen supplies.
		This granite kitchen island cart combines simple assembly, solid construction, and an elegant finish making it a standout choice.
	www.onewayfurniture.com /ms-s133-15.html (172 words)

	Postcards - Previous Feature: Granite Island Penguin Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granite Island is home to about 750 pairs of fairy penguins.
		The best way to see the nocturnal activities of these birds is by joining one of the Granite Island Discovery Walks.
		After dark Granite Island is almost over run with little penguins on their evening parade.
	www.postcards.sa.com.au /features/penguin_tours.html (424 words)

	Granite Top Kitchen Island with Antique Cream Base - Free Shipping
		This granite kitchen cart has a cabinet with an adjustable shelf, and two large storage drawers for utensils, silverware, and other kitchen supplies.
		This granite top kitchen island cart is finished in a hand rubbed antique cream to expose a contrasting undercoat.
		The base of the island has bun feet can be replaced with included industrial strength casters that lock into place for food preparation.
	www.onewayfurniture.com /ms-s132-14.html (225 words)

	GO 568 Fractures & Faults I
		Pegmatite vein (center) fills a fracture in the Svaneke granite, island of Bornholm, Denmark.
		Joh's Chapel, a deep cleft on the sea cliff, island of Bornholm, Denmark.
		Nexø arkosic sandstone, basal Cambrian strata, Gadeby, island of Bornholm, Denmark (Bruun-Petersen 1977).
	academic.emporia.edu /aberjame/struc_geo/faults/faults1.htm (576 words)

	Islands in the Stream ... of Traffic - Part II
		An eating area on one end of this island helps to integrate the two rooms and also helps to de-isolate the person(s) preparing the food.
		The granite I sell is 3/4s of an inch so this would make the finished height a comfortable 42 inches.
		The cabinets will be twelve inches deep and can be the full width of the island or perhaps set apart with one to each end and one or two in the middle, depending on the length of the island.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/kitchen_design/59079 (441 words)

	Age, composition, and tectonic setting of the granite island, Hon Trung Lon, off the coast of south Vietnam -- Hilde ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An adjacent island, Hon Trung Nho, is composed solely of rhyolitic rock of similar composition.
		Whole-rock potassium-argon analysis suggests that the age of the Hon Trung Lon granite is greater than 70 m.y.
		This age implies a previously unrecognized period of intrusion for the zone of granitic rocks outcropping along the northeast side of the Gulf of Thailand.
	bulletin.geoscienceworld.org /cgi/content/abstract/78/10/1289 (163 words)

	Kitchen Designs Granite Island with Charcoal & Antique Black - Free Shipping
		This granite top eating island cart features a 1.5" thick edge which features a graceful profile that is perfect to perform any required food prep activity.
		This granite top kitchen cart features two large storage drawers for plenty of space to store your utensils, silverware, or any other kitchen supplies you may require.
		This kitchen designs granite eating island is finished in antique fl which features hand rubbed edges to expose a contrasting undercoat.
	www.onewayfurniture.com /ms-s123-15.html (214 words)

	Rogar Desert Sand Granite Mobile Kitchen Island \| Mercantila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A piece of refined furniture providing additional counter space where ever you need it most, the Rogar Desert Sand Granite Mobile Kitchen Island can be easily maneuvered around the kitchen or displayed in the corner when it is not in use.
		Crafted with exotic Asian cherry wood and a solid desert sand granite table top, the Rogar Desert Sand Granite Mobile Kitchen Island is ideal for pastry making because it keeps dough cold, while allowing you easy access to baking supplies in the cabinets and shelves.
		Granite cleaner and polish are included to preserve its natural beauty
	www.mercantila.com /Catalog/store/Rogar_Desert_Sand_Granite_Mobile_Kitchen_Island (525 words)

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