Use As A Building Material
Rapakivi is the material used in Åland's Middle Age stone churches.
Modern building uses of rapakivi granites are in polished slabs used for covering the buildings, floors, counter tops or pavements. As a building material, rapakivi granite is also known as "Baltic Brown".
In 1770 a rapakivi monolith boulder, the "Thunder Stone", was used as the pedestal for the Bronze Horseman statue in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Weighing 1,250 tonnes, this boulder is claimed to be the largest stone ever moved by humans.
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