Granite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
K. Kovler, in Toxicity of Building Materials, 2012 8.7.1 Granite. Granite is a common, coarse-grained, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica. Granite has been used as a building material since ancient times. It is one of the oldest and most durable building products available, and will far outlast the building in which it is installed.