iUJILDING AND ORNAMENTAL • .STONES. 555 



Hornblende granite. Course; ,!;r;iy. Jiockpoit, Essex Couiily. Pigeon Hill Gran- 

 ite Coiiipan}'. Tenth feuMus, IssO. -JCMKi. 



Coarse; greeuisb. l'eal>o(ly, Essex (bounty. (Jiiarry of I'litiiani .V LinneLani. 



Tenth Census, 188(1. 'i.')Tr>7. 

 Muscovite biotite granite. Coarse; light gray. Worcester, Worcester County. 



(i.\). Wel)l.'s (luarry. Tenth Census, 1880. 2i)440. 

 Biotite mnscovite granite. Coarse; light gray. Fitchburg, Worcester County. 



S. 1'. Litchlield's <iuarry. Tenth Census, 1880. 258()'i. 

 Medium; light gray. C-inch cube. Fitchburg, Worcester County. Centen- 

 nial, 187G. 174:58. 



Fine; dark gray. Becket, Berkshire County. Ciiester (Jranite (!onipany. 



Tenth Census, l?-80. •2(;i07. 



Fine; gray. Becket. Berkshire County. Quarry of McClellan & Coodwiu. 



Tenth Census, 1880. 2()108. 

 Granite. Coarse; liglit pinkish, with green blotclies. Wood's Holl, liarnsfaJde 



County. U. S. Fish Conniiission. 2()8i-'r). 

 Quartz porphyry. Dark red, with pink spots; fine ami compact. Slab 4 l)y G 

 inches. Hiugham, riymouth County. George F. Merrill, 1884. ;3594;5. 



This is a most beautiful and durable stone, but is at present scarcely at 

 all used on account of its hardness. . 

 Diabase. Coarse; dark gray. Used for pavements and tlie rougli work of founda- 

 tions. Medford, Middlesex County. Medford quarry. Tenth Census, 1880. 

 20422. 



Coarse; dark gray. Used for pavements and the rough work of foundations 



Medford, Middlesex County. Medford (piarry. Tenth(!ensus, 1880. 21)424. 



Coarse ; light gray, with pink spots. Used for pavements, buihling, and nn)nu- 



mental work. Somerville, Middlesex County. E. Fitzgerald's (juarry. 

 Tenth Census, 1880. 2(;54U. 

 Coarse ; light gray, with [>ink spots. Used for pavements, building, and monu- 

 mental work. Sonuuville, Middlesex County. E. Fitzgerald's quarry. 

 Tenth Census, 1880. 21ir).50. 



Mesozoic ; dark greenish gray; fine and compact. Used chielly for street 



liavenients. East Long Meadow, Hampden tlount-y. Ctmtennial, 187C). 1714(>. 

 Melaphyr. Coni])act ; amygdaloidal ; dark green, with rounded and ov.al spots of 



light green and white. Used for foundations and rough construction. Brighton, 



Suffolk County. Quarry of S. W. Brown, jr. Tentb Census. 2Gr)r)2. 

 Sandstone. Triassic; tine; brown. Used extensively for general building and 



trimming purj)Oses. East Long Meadow, Hampden County. Centennial, 187(). 



17440. 



Triassi(; ; fine; brown. Used as above. East Long Mea'low, Hampden County. 



Centennial, 187(). 1744:5. 



Triassic; fine; brown. East Long Meadow, Hampden County. Centennial, 



187G. 17444. 



Triassic.; fine; light brown. Long Meadow, Hampden County. Cenltinnial, 



187G. 17445. 

 Conglomerate. Coarse; greenish; very compact. Used for general building jiur- 

 poses. Dorchester, Suffolk County. Owen Nasou's quarry. Tenth Ci'nsiis^ 

 1880. 2G746. 



MICHIGAN. 



Limestone. Devonian; dra,b ; fossiliferous. Sii>ley's Stivtion, Waync^. County. F. 

 Sibley's quarry. 'I'enth Census, ISSO. 2G20G. 



