Tropical Green

Granite, India

Description:
COMMERCIAL NAME : TROPICAL GREEN
ORIGIN : India, Kerala
CATEGORY : Granite
COLORS : green with green- black and red spots
PETRO- GRAPHIC TYPE : gneiss group - probably granulite
GEO- LOGICAL AGE : Proterozoic metamorphism
WATER ABSORPTION IN WEIGHT : 0.2-0.3%
OTHER NAMES AND VARIETIES : KERALA GREEN, VERDE KERALA, not quite correct: GREEN KERALA
SIMILAR STONES : partially AMADEUS Finland
BASIS OF NAME :