Collocations withgranite
These are words often used in combination withgranite.
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black granite
That said, the stele, a piece of black granite, about 4 high and 2 across, mounted on a 2 high square base, was unveiled.
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decomposed granite
Decomposed granite accumulations are often shallow deposits within glacially scoured basins.
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granite boulder
The earlier parts of the castle constructions are characterised by heavy granite boulder constructions, but with ever more refined details in later periods.
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granite cliffs
Only granite cliffs, rising to the height of 50m ft, testify to the original rocky terrain of the region.
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granite column
The red granite column rises 23 metres high, including the base, and weighs over 250 tonnes.
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granite marker
A pentagonal granite marker 4.5 ft high, the memorial honors the five people for whom no identifiable remains were found.
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granite monument
To commemorate the event, we unveiled a granite monument.
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granite obelisk
The 100ft m black granite obelisk was built in 1923, and the square was completed in 1930.
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granite outcrop
Patterns of primary succession on granite outcrop surfaces.
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granite quarry
Is a granite quarry included in the definition?
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granite step
Each section has a recessed entry, with a segmented arch overhead, and granite steps, wrought iron railing, and iron bootscrapers.
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granite structure
There is also the problem of reassuring public opinion, of finding a suitable granite structure in which this material can be finally disposed of.
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granite tower
The present octagonal granite tower was built in 1856.
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granite wall
The temple is enshrined within a huge granite wall and the complex contains all the shrines and the water bodies of the temple.
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grey granite
When the sun shines, it positively sparkles with the light reflected off the grey granite.
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huge granite
The fort has number of entrance gates, and is encircled atop seven huge granite hills.
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pink granite
The piers replaced a hodgepodge of run-down waterfront structures with a row of grand buildings embellished with pink granite facades.
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polished granite
Hand cleaning is necessary to preserve the highly polished granite cladding from progressive deterioration.
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red granite
Sabet considered it to be composed largely of red granite, which later developed cataclastic texture due to post-crystallization tectonism.
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rough granite
I am advised that adequate quantities of rough granite are available from home sources.
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solid granite
It is built of solid granite, with a large central arch flanked by ten smaller ones.
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