5 Creative Ways to Use Granite in Your Home

USES OF GRANITE

Antiquity

The Red Pyramid of Egypt (circa 2590 BC), named for the light
crimson hue of its exposed limestone surfaces, is the third largest
of Egyptian pyramids. Pyramid of Menkaure, likely dating 2510
BC, was constructed of limestone and granite blocks. The Great
Pyramid of Giza (c. 2580 BC) contains a huge granite
sarcophagus fashioned of "Red Aswan Granite".

Modern

In some areas, granite is used for gravestones and memorials.
Granite is a hard stone and requires skill to carve by hand. Until
the early 18th century, in the Western world, granite could be
carved only by hand tools with generally poor results.

Buildings

Granite has been extensively used as a dimension stone and as
flooring tiles in public and commercial buildings and monuments.
Aberdeen in Scotland, which is constructed principally from local
granite, is known as "The Granite City". Because of its
abundance in New England, granite was commonly used to build
foundations for homes there.

Engineering

Engineers have traditionally used polished granite surface plates
to establish a plane of reference, since they are relatively
impervious, inflexible, and maintain good dimensional stability.
Sandblasted concrete with a heavy aggregate content has an
appearance similar to rough granite, and is often used as a
substitute when use of real granite is impractical.

Paving

Granite is used as a pavement material. This is because it is
extremely durable, permeable and requires little maintenance.
For example, in Sydney, Australia black granite stone is used for
the paving and kerbs throughout the Central Business District.

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