Ailsa Craig, an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland, has provided the unique granite used to make Olympic curling stones for over a century. CNN speaks to Scottish video creator Ruth Aisling about her visit to the island and how the stones are harvested. Read more: https://cnn.it/4ayx8YV | CNN International
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That rock on the horizon isn’t just a pretty island… it’s Ailsa Craig, a 60-million-year-old volcanic plug whose granite makes the stones used in Olympic curling 🪨🔥 And right now at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Team GB’s curling teams are out there fighting for medals, with big hopes and dreams of gold medal 🇬🇧🥌 🥇 #winterOlympics #curling ##AilsaCraig##milanocortina2026 ##wintergamesGood luck to GB curling team BRUCE MOUAT HAMMY MCMILLAN JR. BOBBY LAMMIE GRANT HARDIE KYLE WADDELL REBECCA MORR
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Every Olympic curling stone begins on Ailsa Craig, a tiny uninhabited island off Scotland.🥌 The island produces the ultra-dense granite, including the rare “blue hone,” found nowhere else in the world, used to make the 44-pound stones seen at the Winter Olympics.
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