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TITANOGRANITE

Searching for the Geological Source of the Titanic Gravestones in Halifax, Nova Scotia




In three cemeteries in Halifax lie buried 150 victims of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. All but one have headstones of the same coarse-grained olivine-bearing gabbro. We are trying to use the mineralogy, texture, chemical composition, and geological age of the headstones to locate the source quarry. That quarry is probably in the Appalachian-Caledonian orogenic belt of NE USA, Atlantic Canada, Ireland, or Scotland.



Periodic reports on our search may be downloaded here



For any comments and questions, contact Barrie Clarke