larvikite

(ˈlɑːvɪˌkaɪt) or

laurvikite

(Geological Science) a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings

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Wilde, looking just a tad rakish, is sculpted from pieces of nephrite jade, thulite, Guatemalan jade, larvikite, and black granite; opposite him are two stone pillars engraved with Wilde's witticisms.

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The trading floor may have gone, but its beautiful columns, made of Larvikite rock, survive in corridors and offices.

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The librarian's tables in the library rotunda are covered by Blue Pearl granite; petrologically, this stone is a larvikite, a variety of alkaline syenite found in a Permian intrusion south of Oslo, Norway.

Geology of the parliament buildings 6. Geology of the British Columbia parliament buildings, Victoria

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