150 victims of the #Titanic are buried in 3 #Halifax cemeteries: Fairview Lawn, Mount Olivet and Baron de Hirsch. 149 have #headstones from the Hanson #Quarry in #NB. A #Dal prof spent 15 years figuring out where the stones are from cuz there are no historical records.
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The stones and the #quarry were tested for #mineralogy, texture, chemical composition and age to see if they matched. That's harder than it sounds - the original rock is no longer in the quarry (it was extracted) and these features can vary within a deposit.
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Still, the analysis suggests the stones, donated by #titanic-owner #WhiteStar in 1912, are almost certainly from there.
The #headstones are 422 million-year-old #gabbro (aka black #granite) and a popular #Halifax tourist attraction.
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Researchers believe there were 150 #headstones prepared for the #Titanic victims, but only 149 were used because one victim’s family used a #Celtic cross of grey #granite instead.
journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/a…
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The J. Dawson whose grave is at Fairview Lawn Cemetery is not the fictional Jack Dawson played by #LeonardoDiCaprio in the movie #Titanic. It's Joseph Dawson, an engine-room worker.
#nspoli #Novascotia #NS #minerals #NewBrunswick #NB
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