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Granite Countertops and Vanity
Tops
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Granite is an
igneous rock originating from the slow crystallization
of molten magma cooling deep beneath the Earth's
surface. The word 'granite' is derived from the Latin:
granum, meaning grain. It describes the granular texture
of the rock. The three main minerals easily recognized
in granite are feldspar, mica, and quartz.
It is the varying
color and density of each of these minerals along with
differences in their cooling times which combine
together to give the many different surface appearances
of the rock, depending on where in the world it is
quarried. Moreover, being homogenous in composition,
igneous rocks are said to be 'massive' unlike
sedimentary rocks which are composed in layers or beds
of varying thickness. These qualities make granite the
hardest, strongest and most durable of all building
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