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Granite · North Carolina

Gardenia White Granite

Gardenia and Rockwell quarries (historical source)

Polished Gardenia White granite with a pale field and dark mineral movement.
Gardenia White Granite — polished finish. Photo: Structural Stone.

White granite with dark veining from the Gardenia and adjacent Rockwell White quarries in Rowan County, North Carolina. Historical producer records identify the two sources as the same granite, marketed as Gardenia White.

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Colors
White · Gray
Supplied as
Historically produced as dimension blocks and building stone. Current inventory and new extraction are unconfirmed.
Typical uses
Cladding & exterior walls · Interior walls & fireplaces · Flooring

Origin evidence

Extraction country
USA — verified[1]
Extraction state
North Carolina — verified[1]

Quarry origin unconfirmed.

Sources (1)
  1. Source 1 · extraction country, extraction state
MSHA associations under review (2)

Possible mine-record matches are research leads. They do not establish a supplying quarry or change the verified origin shown above.

Restoration and matching

Historical material names
Rockwell White

Source

Former operators
Rock of Ages / Carolina Quarries

Source

Quarry history
Historical filings describe Gardenia and adjacent Rockwell White as the same granite, with their combined production reported as Gardenia White.

Source

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