People are often fascinated to learn that curling stones are made of granite from only TWO quarries in the whole world — in Scotland and Wales. The island of Ailsa Craig was the original location where curling stones were made.
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Feb 18, 2022 · A second quarry is located in Trefor, North Wales has been a source of the granite used for curling stones due to the limited supply of stone in ...
Dec 10, 2021 · The Ailsa Craig granite is some of the hardest and purest found in the world and maintains its shape despite the moist, wet conditions of the ...
Today the most popular curling stones are made from granites quarried in just two locations: 1) Ailsa Craig, an island in the Firth of Clyde, the channel ...
Mar 17, 2022 · A Laurentian University PhD candidate studies if there's anything unique about the granite used to make curling stones used for ...
... quarried to make curling stones. The now-uninhabited island comprises the remains of a magmatic pluton formed during the same period of igneous activity as ...
Jul 20, 2020 · Not all curling stones originate on Ailsa Craig. This was particularly true at the end of the nineteenth century when you could buy curling ...
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Posted: Dec 22, 2021
Posted: Dec 22, 2021
People are often fascinated to learn that curling stones are made of granite from only TWO quarries in the whole world — in Scotland and Wales.
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Posted: Feb 16, 2018
Posted: Feb 16, 2018