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Dedham Granite

Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
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TypeGeological formation
Lithology
Primarygranite
Otherdiorite, quartz monzonite
Location
CountryUnited States of America
Type section
Named forDedham, 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]

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