Granite

Granite is an igneous rock, consisting essentially of quartz, feldspar and various accessory minerals such as mica, and or apatite, zircon, garnet, tourmaline etc. It is a coarse grained, light coloured stone. In commercial terms, many other stones like basalt, gabbro, porphyry, which are light to dark coloured, coarse to fine grained, having high polished gloss and having hardness 6 to 7 are being marketed as granite.

Granite is mainly used as a construction material in construction of columns, beams, lintels and cantilevers, Exterior and Interior Cladding, Flooring in the forms of tiles, Sculpture, Landscaping, Furniture in the forms of table tops, benches etc.