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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