Boston moves to protect 7,500-year-old quarry in Mattapan

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By adamg connected Tue, 11/23/2021 - 10:45am

The Dorchester Reporter reports the Boston Landmark Commission precocious voted to marque the Massachusetts Tribe's Mattapan Rhyolite Quarry, down St. Angela’s Church on Babson and Cookson streets, a "pending landmark." The people utilized the spot to excavation retired rhyolite, "an past volcanic chromatic prized for its banded maroon colour and perfect qualities for making chromatic tools."

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