Surfacing granite

Quoted text begins.What kind of granite do you have? Does it have a distinctive color?
Do you have a basic idea of what you want?
If you can clarify what you want, then you will get great advice
from the group on how to do it.
George Graham
End of quote.

From here on Cape Ann Massachusetts, Rockport and Gloucester quarrymen
were once major suppliers of granite to the Eastern USA. Cobblestones,
curbing, building foundations, some monument stone. At that time most of
the stone left the wharfs by ship. Because of its hardness, it was
particularly desirable for street applications. Knowledgeable workers
understood how to read the grain, extract and split it. Finer surfacing
is a bigger challenge.

The stone is mostly grey, although pink and green veins exist here. The
crystals appear large and chunky, compared to the more whitish,
finer-grained, softer granite that is currently quarried in places like
Chelmsford MA and Barre VT. To my taste the Cape Ann granite is much more
handsome, rugged, earthy.