Talk:Pink granite

How would it be best to describe in detail the unique geological features of these type of granite ridges and flat areas in the Canadian Shield, especially in eastern Manitoba and north western Ontario?

A better idea is to nix this thing and make it a redirect to the main page on granite. Basically, "pink" granite is "granite" that just happens to be pink. And saying that it makes up a great deal of the Canadian Shield is irrelevant firstly to why it is pink, and secondly to why it is granite, or to anything pink or granite. What's next, we have articles on "grey granite" and "off-white to buff coloured speckled granite"? Seriously. If you feel hard done by, dredge what was there out of the older versions and add it in to the main granite page, or the page on the canadian shield. Cheers, :Rolinator 14:17, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Dear Rolinator, Granite with very large amounts of pink or reddish coloured feldspar is very unique in this area of North America. What would you know in detail about the geological features of the Canadian Shield landscape? I will keep my conclusions posted, and we do not need your claim of expertise about the geology and geography of Canada. We live here, and I assume that you live and mostly work and study in Australia, on the other side of the planet. Why did you delete all that I wrote? What do you mean by using words such as dredge and rediculous? To be very honest, you are quite rude. You probably did add a lot of knowledge, but you treat me with disrespect and ad hominems.

Josephprymak: While his methods may have been abrupt, Rolinator did raise a salient point. As written this article offers minimal information about it's purported subject; it reads more like an excerpt from a Canadian travel guide, and offers little information about the reason for the distinctive coloration of pink granite or its other uses. Moreover, your assertion that pink granite is unique to this one area is entirely inaccurate. Pink and reddish toned granites are found in several other areas of the globe, including Pikes Peak, the 'Pink Granite Coast' of Brittany, and in eastern Massachusetts, which provided the 'Milford Pink' variety that graces innumerable US national monuments. Minimal research via Google will provide plenty of information on all of these. Regional pride is all well and good- in fact, I grew up in Milford and it was a random impulse to do some research into my old hometown's main bragging right that brought me here in the first place- but this is supposed to be a factual resource. Furthermore, there's no real reason for the information given in this article to be a seperate page. The bulk of the article would serve better folded in with the Whiteshell Park page, while a more complete dissertation on pink granites, as well as the other main varieties, would be a useful addition to the main Granite page.

above unsigned post by Avias

Redirected to granite. Nothing unique about the pink granites of Canada. Granitic rocks are commonly a shade of red or pink. Vsmith 20:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)