Why isn t granite the top countertop choice then.
Why isn t granite a mineral.
Granite is high in quartz about 25 feldspar and mica.
Well there are four general reasons why people do not go with granite.
The first two main reasons deal with the cost and they just might not like the look or want something different from what the joneses have.
The minerals found in granite are non metallic.
Here is a list of some minerals that can be present in granite.
Even though granite contains metal ions the minerals.
Some authors believe that water should be considered to be a mineraloid a material that meets some of the requirements of being a mineral but falls short others disagree because they believe that a mineraloid only fails to meet the requirements of being a mineral because it is.
The crystals in granite provide a variety of mixed colors feldspar pink or red mica dark brown or black quartz clear pink white or black and amphibole black.
Granite is a rock not a mineral.
Water is not a mineral.
Some consider water to be a mineraloid.
Color variation is a response to the percent of each mineral found in the sample.
Granite is a course grained intrusive silicic igneous rock it is a nonmetallic resource.
Therefore they are not malleable nor a conductor.
Granite is a composite of many other minerals.