When we got there, we waited around until everyone showed up. Then we went into a building where we watched a video that was about the quarry's history, how the machines in the quarry work, and about rocks. Inside the building are display cases with fossils, rock types, and facts in them. We were really waiting for the workers to finish blasting the granite. Near the end of the
movie, a huge blast shook the building we were in. It felt a little like an earthquake. After the video was completely over, we went out to some huge rock piles and collected a few rock samples. A few of the granite rocks were mixed with green, gold, and pink minerals. Then, we went to see the actual quarry. We had to drive around in our cars for safety reasons. We looked at the machines and the giant pit where the rock was dug up.
The pit is 1 1/2 miles long and 1/2 mile wide and 600 yards deep. It was beautiful. Next we drove to a observation platform the quarry had set up that over-looked the pit. There was a lot of water in the bottom, due to the recent flooding issues Georgia has been having. It was a bright aqua blue because there was a lot of magnesium in the water.
