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GRANITE BARRE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Natural Construction Materials
CONT

Columns and the upper portion of the exterior are made of a light gray Barre Granite appropriately named Light Barre, from the Barclay Quarry just southeast of Barre, Vermont. Barre Granite is technically a granodiorite. Barre Granite is durable and has a slight resemblance to marble when seen at a distance; however, when seen close up, this stone can be easily distinguished from marble, as it is speckled with dark minerals.

CONT

Dark Barre granite, light Barre granite.

OBS

Barre (pronounced bar'ee) is situated in Central Vermont ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
CONT

[Dans une bibliographie.] BOURAOUI, Monia. Comportement au cisaillement de fractures dilatantes dans le granite de Barre sous charge et rigidités normales [2e cycle]. Sherbrooke, Qué. : Université de Sherbrooke; 1993.

OBS

Pierre du monument : le piédestal est décoré de palmettes, besans, guirlandes, volutes et moulures sculptés dans le granite gris provenant vraisemblablement de Barre, au Vermont. La pierre exploitée à Barre, dans les Northeast Highlands du Vermont, est une granodiorite de couleur gris pâle, grain fin à grain moyen (1 à 5 mm) et de composition très homogène : 35 % oligoclase, 27 % quartz, 21 % microcline, 9 % biotite, 6 % muscovite et minéraux accessoires de zircon, apatite, sphène, et opaques.

OBS

Barre : se prononce «barré».

Spanish

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