LARGE ORBICULAR GRANITE SLAB. ...

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LARGE ORBICULAR GRANITE SLAB
Mount Magnet, Australia
The wonderful centric patterning in this unusual granite is caused by orbicular structures of radiating and granular concentric shells, largely of hornblende and plagioclase, around cores of varying kinds, in a granular matrix. Sliced from a single huge boulder, this slab has been highly polished but left with a pleasingly natural contoured edge. The predominantly black, white and gray orbicules are offset by some areas of a delicate tan blush caused by the presence of the plagioclase feldspar, and a striking natural band streaking diagonally through the orbicules right across the plate - in reality not the fissure that it appears, but a natural form of the granite's growth structure that creates a remarkable contrasting aesthetic element. Ideal for a table or bar top or simply as a wall-mounted display piece, it measures 67 x 39 x 1 inches

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