Deer Isle Granite Company in Deer Isle, Hancock County, United States | Homewares

Deer Isle Granite Company in Deer Island, Maine in the United States, is making this beautiful stone available as accessory items to be enjoyed for years to come in your home and office. Included are polished granite pastry, cutting, serving and cheese boards along with trivets, coasters, pen sets and clocks. Forged iron tables are made by a local blacksmith and fitted with granite tops. All together, they represent a naturally beautiful and rugged stone whose Maine crafted products will bring a lifetime of pleasure. They will not scratch or discolor with age like those from softer stones, such as marble or slate. They are heat resistant. They are unique. They are Deer Isle Granite products from Deer Isle Granite Company in Deer Island, Maine.
While reinforced concrete has commonly replaced granite as a construction material, it can never match it for beauty. Although the quarrying industry has gone through a number of changes, it remains alive today through many new and creative products. Some of the more prominent new uses include kitchen counter tops and a variety of elegant furniture pieces.
Granite is a common component of the earth's crust and takes on many different appearances, each reflective of its origin. There is some debate as to just how granite was formed. Some are clearly unique while others show evidence of a melting of metamorphic rock. The different granites get their distinctive patterns from unique mixtures of feldspar, hornblende, biotite, mica and quartz. The pink and white colors are derived from the feldspar component while the intense black is hornblende and biotite.
Granite has been an integral part of the colorful history of Deer Isle for over a century. The quarrying business began in the late 1860's with the recognition of the granite's quality and accessibility to transportation. It was started at Green's Landing by John Goss Sr. although several other companies soon joined this growing industry. Operations expanded to include several other islands with Crotch Island, just across the Deer Isle Thoroughfare from Stonington, becoming the most prominent. Today this island is devoted to quarrying, the last remaining, isolated island quarry on the New England coast. So important was the granite industry to Deer Isle that the town of Green's Landing changed its name to Stonington, which remains one of the most picturesque villages on the coast of Maine.