BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES. 555 



Hornblende granite. Coarse; gray. Rockport, Essex County. Pigeon Hill Gran- 

 ite Company. Tenth Census, 1880. 26546. 



Coarse; greenish. Peabody, Essex County. Quarry of Putnam As Linuehaiu. 



Tenth Census, 1880. 25757. 

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



G. D. Webb's quarry. Tenth Census, 1880. 26440. 

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



S. P. Litchfield's quarry. Tenth Census, 1880. 25862. 

 Medium; light gray. 6-inch cube. Fitchburg, Worcester County. Centen- 

 nial, 1876. 17438. 



Fine ; dark gray. Becket, Berkshire County. Chester Granite Company. 



Tenth Census, 1880. 26107. 



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



Tenth Census, 1880. 26108. 

 Granite. Coarse ; light pinkish, with green blotches. Wood's Holl, Barnstable 



County. U. S. Fish Commission. 26885. 

 Quartz porphyry. Dark red, with pink spots ; fine and compact. Slab 4 by 6 

 iuches. Hingham, Plymouth County. George P. Merrill, 1884. 35943. 



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

 all used on account of its hardness. 

 Diabase. Coarse; dark gray. Used for pavements and the rough work of founda- 

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

 26422. 



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



Medford, Middlesex County. Medford quarry. TenthCensus, 1880. 26424. 

 Coarse ; light gray, with pink spots. Used for pavements, building, and monu- 

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

 Tenth Census, 1880. 26549. 



Coarse ; light gray, with pink spots. Used for pavements, building, and monu- 



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

 Tenth Census, 1880. 26550. 



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



pavements. East Long Meadow, Hampden County. Centennial, 1876. 17446. 

 Melaphyr. Compact ; amygdaloidal ; dark green, with rounded and oval spots of 



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



Suffolk County. Quarry of S. W. Brown, jr. Tenth Census. 26552. 

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



trimming purposes. East Long Meadow, Hampden County. Centennial, 1876. 



17440. 



Triassic ; fine ; brown. Used as above. East Long Meadow, Hampden County. 



Centennial, 1876. 17443. 



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



1876. 17444. 



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



1876. 17445. 

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

 poses. Dorchester, Suffolk County. Owen Nason's quarry. Tenth Census, 

 1880. 26746. 



MICHIGAN. 



Limestone. Devonian; drab; fossiliforous. Sibley's Station, Wayne County. F. 

 Sibley's quarry. Tenth Census, 1880. 26206. 



