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Of course, because not a single stone of granite is similar in appearance nor identical to any other cut or piece, there are some very special types. Costa Esmeralda, which is also known as Costa Smeralda in some circles and companies, is one of these granite varieties. Gorgeously pale green in its color, each piece of Costa Esmeralda granite is found in boulder quarries located in the nations of Italy and Iran. It must be mined in these faraway lands, as much of the current supply of Costa Esmeralda is found in the Middle East.
Southwest of the Svecofennian province the third large bedrock province is found, the Transscandinavian granite-porphyry province (TMB) or the Transscandinavian Igneous Belt (TIB). According to the name granites and porphyries dominate the region.he oldest bedrock in Sweden-the crystalline basement. The most common bedrock in Sweden is what usually is called the crystalline basement or the Precambrian bedrock which is older than 570 million years.