THE MEMORIAL
Brightlingsea War Memorial is a Grade II listed Cenotaph with cruciform paths, designed by noted sculptor Richard Reginald Goulden.
GEOLOGY
Granite is a common type of intrusive igneous rock that is granular in texture, with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye. It forms from the slow crystallisation of magma below the Earth’s surface.
Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica, amphiboles and other minerals.
This mineral composition usually gives granite a white, pink or grey colour with dark mineral grains throughout the rock.
The minerals that make up the granite determines the colour of the granite.
QUARTZ - grey, white, glassy
FELDSPAR - typically off-white, opaque
POTASSIUM FELDSPAR - typically salmon pink, opaque
MICA - black
AMPHIBOLE - black/dark green
The combination of the minerals above make up most of the colours we typically see in granite.
Sources: Wikipedia; Geology.com
QUESTIONS
1. Describe the granite of the War Memorial (texture, colours).
2. Having studied the granite and using the information above, what minerals do you think are present?
3. At the waypoint is the Anzac plaque with a granite stand. Describe the granite here (texture, colours).
4. What is the dominant colour? Using the information above, which mineral do you think this is?
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