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 | | The oldest companies in the "natural stone" sector were AB Granit, founded in 1886, and Finska Stenindustri AB, which began operations in 1900 and worked rapakivi granite at Vehmaa since 1901 (Selonen and Paavo, 2003). |
 | | Other granites, older than rapakivi (2000-1830 million years), are worked in central Finland: they are more or less laminated metamorphic rocks. |
 | | The main red granites from Finland (Selonen and Harma, 2003) are: Balmoral Red, quarried at Vehmaa (fine-grain variety), Taivassalo and Uusikaupunki (large-grain variety), Porkkala Red, from Kirkonummi, Myrskyla Red, from the area of the same name, Carmen Red, worked at Virolahti, Karelia Red, produced in Anjalankoski. |
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