Dedham Granite | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | granite |
Other | diorite, quartz monzonite |
Location | |
Country | United States of America |
Type section | |
Named for | Dedham, Massachusetts |
Dedham granite is a light grayish-pink to greenish-gray, equigranular to slightly porphyritic, variably altered, granite south and west of Boston, named for the town of Dedham, Massachusetts.[1]