This monument to H.W.F. Bolckow is dated 1881 and is by sculptor D.W. Stevenson. It comprises of a red granite pedestal with 2 chamfered steps and a bronze figure of a standing male wearing a frock-coat, holding Charter of Incorporation of Middlesbrough. North-west face of plinth is inscribed: "H.W.F. BOLCKOW", and "ERECTED 1881". There is a bronze tablet, on south-east face which has raised lettering : "THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED BY LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH, ON THE 6TH OCTOBER, 1881".
Granite
Red granite's colour is due to the high amounts of alkali feldspars (a type of feldspar mineral high in potassium)
Granite is a coarse-grained igneous rock composed with approximately 20% quartz and up to 65% feldspar in its makeup, along with mica crystals.
Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or grey in colour, depending on their mineralogy.
Granite is formed through the cooling and solidification of molten rock called magma or lava. When the magma cools and solidifies, randomly arranged interlocking crystals form. The size of the crystals depends on how quickly the molten magma solidified. The more slowly the magma cools, the bigger the crystals are.
Occasionally, you will see shapes or impurities in granite that have a different colour and density than the surrounding rock.
Enclave is a piece of rock totally enclosed within, and differing in some way from the igneous rock in which it is found.
Xenolith is a piece of rock trapped in another type of rock. Most of the time, a xenolith is a rock embedded in magma while the magma was cooling.
Please send your answers to the following questions to me via the email or the message center Questions
1) Describe to colours you see in the granite?
2) At the back of the statue there is a feature, please describe its colour, shape and size?
3) From the information provided which feature do you think this is?
4) Take a photo with the statue (you donโt need to include your face)