A stalwart stone surface that civilizations all over the world have turned to for thousands of years has been granite. This is of no surprise, given that granite is highly decorative, as well as being one of the hardest materials on earth. But, how does it get from the mountain quarry to your kitchen and bathroom?
To help to answer that question, here’s a graphic timeline of that tells the story of how granite is formed in the earth, and then processed into the building materials that help you to transform your kitchen, bathroom, basement bars, front foyers, and other spaces in your home from drab to fab.
Take a look!
Cheers!
Rob.
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With so many choices it would be hard NOT to find a look that woks for you. Thanks for this informative infographic!
-J
Nice info. I think you mean “choices” instead of choises though.
Would you believe that “choises” is a technical term? No? Me either.
Your chart is significantly wrong in its depiction of the formation of granite.
There is NO volcanic activity associated with granite in more than 90% of cases. Granite is formed from magma which remains, and is allowed to cool deep underground – often tens of kilometres. This deep covering acts as a blanket allowing the magma to cool extremely slowly, and it is that which allows for the formation of large crystals from within the melt mixture. Granite which absorbs material from the surrounding country rock during formation would only occur at the very edges of the granite mass, and would be rejected by an mason worth his pay – the inclusions create weaknesses within the matrix which tend to pull out during polishing and create pitting on the surface of the stone.
Differing compositions of granite originate from the liquid magma injected at the beginning of the process, and has almost nothing to do with the composition of the surrounding rock.
Thanks for clarification, Nigel. I think what you’ve said about volcanic activity is certainly a more detailed explanation than was explained in the graphic.
Thanks again!