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Granite is a common intrusive igneous rock and is a coarse grained crystalline composed primarily of quartz.\u00a0 It is visibly granular.\u00a0 Granite consists mainly of quartz<\/i>, mica<\/i> and feldspar<\/i>.\u00a0 Granites can be pink to gray in color and it is alkali feldspar that gives many types of granite a distinctive pink color.\u00a0 Granite is one of the oldest, most durable and most respected of building materials.<\/p>\n

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Granite is typically the hardest of the dimensional stones and withstands the elements very well.\u00a0 Half Dome<\/i> in Yosemite National Park is a granite monolith<\/i> that is part of the Sierra Nevada batholith<\/i>, an emplacement of igneous intrusive rock.\u00a0 The Mount Rushmore National Memorial<\/i> is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.<\/p>\n

\""African<\/a>Granite has a thick density and is fairly hard being equal to quartz.\u00a0 As a Building Stone, granite is suitable for structural and veneer building purposes including flooring, paving, and curbstones. It is suitable for either exterior or interior applications.<\/p>\n

In the Dimension Stone industry some dark colored igneous rocks are sold as “black granite.” \u00a0Even some sedimentary rocks will be listed and included along with truly granitic rock.<\/p>\n

\"Stonehenge<\/a>Granite is quarried around the world in large blocks and cut into dimensional stone<\/i>.\u00a0 The world\u2019s largest granite quarry is Rock of Ages<\/i> in Barre, Vermont.\u00a0 However there are granite quarries throughout the United States especially in New England but also in Minnesota, Georgia, Missouri, and California.\u00a0 El Escorial<\/i> in Madrid is the largest granite structure in the world.\u00a0 Marischal College<\/i> formerly part of Aberdeen University in Scotland is the second largest granite building in the world.\u00a0 In Atlanta, GA, Stonehenge Mansion<\/i> is a well-known example of Stone Mountain Granite<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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