September 2011
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MATERIALS
GRAY GRANITE
Champlain Stone Ltd., Warrensburg, N.Y., adds Wood Creek Granite® to its line of company-quarried natural stone. The gray-blue to dark-gray granite offer patterns of white swirls and striations with occasional quartz and mica inclusions, and is quarried in Clemmons, N.Y., which (for LEED® purposes) is within 500 miles of major U.S. cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Wood Creek is available in rubble or sawn forms; its properties allows for fabrication into architectural components such as paving, sills and tiles.
Contact: Champlain Stone Ltd., 518-623-2902.
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