Curling stones are made of a very specific type of granite mined from one of two quarries in the United Kingdom: Ailsa Craig, a small island off the coast of Scotland, and Trefor Quarry in Wales.
Curling stones are shaped and polished from a chunk of granite. The granite is one of two very specific varieties, mined from either Ailsa Craig (an island off the coast of Scotland) or Trefor quarry in Wales. There are two manufacturers of curling stones. Kays of Scotland, which uses Ailsa Craig granite, and Canadian Curling Stone Co., which uses Trefor quarry granite.
The 41 pound curling stone is used for the Olympic curling game to knock the other stones out and to place the closest to the "home." if that doesn't answer your question Google it!
In each curling end there are eight curling stones for each team--16 total.
The best curling stones are made of granite from Scotland or Whales
The Curling Stones - 2006 was released on: USA: 6 September 2006 (Los Angeles, California)
Granite
Curling
They are mede of granite that usually comes from Scotland or Whales
Curling stones are made by a company called Kays of Scotland, which is located in southwest Scotland. The granite that the company uses to make the stones is mined from Ailsa Craig, a small island off the west coast of Scotland. Curling stones are also made in Canada by Canadian Curling Stone Co., which uses granite from Trefor quarry in Wales, U.K.
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Curling
The central concept of curling is sliding heavy stones down a long sheet of ice. It would be difficult to slide the stones on anything but ice.
Although the curlers make it look effortless, the curling stones must weigh between 38 to 44 pounds.