New Hampshire is "The Granite State" -- despite the fact that our iconic "Old Man of the Mountain" collapsed one foggy morning in May of 2003. Profile

We're sitting on top of a bunch of granite composed of quartz, feldspar, mica, a bit of hornblende and, yes, some lovely garnets, if you're lucky. Nottingham is located in the southeastern part of New Hampshire, midway (and uphill) between Portsmouth on the seacoast and Concord, the state capital (located in a river valley).

A few years back my Secret Santee was Bee-dubya-ell who lives in a part of Florida with no rocks -- he was thrilled with the garnet granite.

Linn