Granite myths...
"5. Granite and Marble are essentially the same:
Other than the fact that they are both natural stones and can be polished, granite and marble are otherwise very different. Marble is generally a calcareous stone, formed from oceanic deposits and then compressed under pressure (metamorphosed). Granite, however, is an igneous rock, essentially molten magma, that is cooled and then hardened below the earths surface."
Did you pay enough attention in school to know your calcerous stones from your igneous rocks?
I did not. I took a geology class in college but don't remember much from it and I doubt I was thinking about counter tops altough I majored in interior design the first 2 1/2 years of college so I should have been thinking about counter tops... more than rocks and stones but I don't believe I was thinking granite counterops back then...
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Maureen, yeah, where I went to school, it was called "Rocks for Jocks" and supposed to be the easiest way to fulfill a science requirement to graduate. I remember climbing around some wonderful granite outcroppings along several New York State thruways. And I wasn't thinking about counter tops either, although this stuff does come in handy once in a while.
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