Curling stone used at the Olympics. The two different granite varieties making up the stone can be distinguished by grain size and color. Ailsa Craig is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, an inlet ...

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AILSA CRAIG, Scotland (AP) — If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the coast of southwest Scotland is the ...

IT’S MONDAY EVENING, which means a full night of league play at the Granite Curling Club of Seattle. The 180-foot icy lanes look a lot longer in person than they do on Winter Olympics broadcasts.

Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics. It features both "common green" ...

If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles off the coast of southwest Scotland is the source of the super-dense granite used to make ...