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FAQ About Granite
Imagine a time machine and you are sitting at the controls Turn the handle to a million years hence and hit the accelerator. Assuming the earth is still around at that time – it’s an evens bet, granite will be!

Turn the handle the other way and set the dial to 10 million years ago and hey presto - you might witness granite being formed.
Now that’s what you call durability!
So how granite is formed and why is it nearly as strong as diamond?
Molten rock formed in the core of the earth is melted into liquid magna under intense pressure then cooled slowly having being forced upwards by the movement of the earth's crust; an amazing tightly woven soup of nature’s minerals, the main ones Feldspar, Quartz and Mica; each ebb and flow of graining subtly blending together giving us granite as we know it today. Every continent in the world has veins of granite and each piece of rock face is uniquely different from another:
Why not celebrate nature's beauty by having granite in your home.
Properties of Granite
 
 
 
• one the hardest natural materials known to man
• very little porosity - in other words pretty much waterproof
• polishes to a beautiful sheen
• extremely hygenique, wipes clean easily
• outstanding natural beauty
• scratch resistant
• heat resistant
 
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