Stone Mountain-Lithonia Mining District, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
A 2 x 2 1/2 inch specimen from Stone Mountain in the Creekmur collection.
© Charles Creekmur
Stone Mountain Quarry, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Tourmaline (schorl) aplite vein in Stone Mountain granite. Photo taken on July 28th 2019. US quarter for scale.
A large schorl phenocryst in Stone Mountain granite near the quarry area. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019. US quarter for scale.
A pegmatite boulder in the quarry exhibit area. This pegmatite is mostly quartz with a rind of schorl crystals. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019. US quarter for scale.
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
This is a micromount specimen of muscovite and biotite surrounded by quartz from DeKalb County, Georgia. Jamison K. Brizendine specimen and photo.
© Jamison K. Brizendine
Old postcard view. Henry Minot collection.
Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Element Nickel (Man Made) Mass: 211g rlh1941
Exhibit panel that lists where Stone Mountain granite has been used as building material. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
The entrance sign engraved into a block of granite for the Quarry Exhibit at Stone Mountain. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
A panel about the quarrymen at the quarry exhibit. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
A panel about the stonecutting at the quarry exhibit. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
View of Stone Mountain from the quarry exhibit. A few short ledges can be seen in the middleground. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
A panel that details the quarries and geology of Stone Mountain. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
A 66,000 pound (29,937 kilograms) block of granite on display at the quarry exhibit. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
A flooded reclaimed granite quarry near the quarry exhibit. Photo taken on July 28th, 2019.
