Granite is one of the most famous types of rocks that are characterized by a high degree of hardness and resistance to various weather factors, as granite can withstand a long time lasting hundreds of years, so it is used in many different industries.
Overview of granite:
Granite belongs to igneous rocks that were formed by exposure to high temperatures in the lower layers of the earth, and granite can resist various environmental factors as it cannot be broken easily, and many minerals are included in its composition, most notably silicates, quartz, aluminum and plagioclase, and it has multiple uses. Granite as it is used in the decoration and manufacture of floors, facades, columns, and so on.
The difference between natural and artificial granite:
First: natural granite
The ground contains many different types of natural granite, which vary in terms of its hardness and the minerals in it, which control its color and hardness, and the types of natural granite can be distinguished according to the location in it, and the most famous of these types are:
White granite:
White granite appears in three forms, either it has a pure white color, or it is tall and does not have any veins, or colored white has some blue veins, and there is a type of white granite in Italy that is characterized by very bright white, as it is famous for this white granite of Julino.
Black granite:
This granite is distinguished by its black color, mixed with some white veins in addition to the golden color, and this granite is called Belgian black.
Colored granite:
There are several colors of this granite, including the red granite and the royal Belgian granite, in addition to the Rosalco red and the Etruscan red, and there is also the yellow granite whose most famous types are: Siena yellow and Jesse yellow, and the green granite of the most prominent types is the green granite Nitus, and There are golden granite and blue granite.
Local granite:
By local granite, we mean the granite that is extracted from the local environment of the Arab countries, and the Arab Republic of Egypt is one of the most famous countries for granite extraction, where there is the Prlato granite, which is characterized by its yellow color that contains gray points, and there is Albuccino granite that has a pink color and white veins In addition to the Suez granite, which is known as alabaster.
Gulf granite:
The Kingdom is famous for extracting Najran Brown granite from the city of Najran, as well as several other types of granite extracted from the Gulf countries, such as: Belinko, Aswate salmon, New Bank and Dark.
Second: industrial granite
Industrial granite appeared as a result of the high prices of costs that natural granite needs in order to extract it, as this matter requires the presence of many manpower that extracts it and works to spread it in the form of a group of panels, so natural granite needs many efforts and huge sums.
Industrial granite consists of a group of pieces of granite and cement that have some chemicals added to them, and the specialists in the manufacture of granite in the form of slabs, as these panels are distinguished by that they do not contain cracks or holes, as they take many colors and are distinguished by their beautiful decoration, hardness and ability to Resistance to friction factors.
Industrial granite slabs differ from natural granite slabs in that they are divided in less thickness, and industrial marble is used in many different fields and more broadly than natural marble, because it is characterized by ease of use in the manufacture of stairs and horizontal and vertical crusher of buildings, as it enters In the flooring industry, it has many diverse uses.