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Excerpt from The Granites of Maine Areally, granite is perhaps the most important rock in Maine. Slates, schists, sandstones, and limestones Of various types occur in the different sections of the State, but the mountains and hills Of the interior and the islands and headlands Of the coast for the most part all exhibit slopes and cliffs Of massive granite. Even where the exposures are of other rock varieties the notable abundance Of gran ite dikes and quartz veins indicates the presence of granite at no great distance. Not only is this rock most conspicuous, but its impor tance in both the geology and the industry of the State can hardly be overestimated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.