granite

Summary

granite ranks in the top 0.87% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,143 views/month, #678 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• granite received the Rock of the Year^[2].
• Aswan is named after granite^[3].
• El Berrueco is named after granite^[4].
• granite is made of quartz^[5].
• granite is made of plagioclase^[6].
• granite is made of moonstone^[7].
• granite is made of mica^[8].
• granite is made of uranium^[9].
• granite is made of thorium^[10].
• granite is a type of granitoid^[11].
• granite is a type of plutonic rock^[12].
• granite's Commons category is recorded as Granite^[13].
• granite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Granite^[14].
• granite's Commons gallery is recorded as Granite^[15].
• granite's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}^[16].
• granite's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[17].
• granite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• granite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• granite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• granite's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[21].
• granite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[22].
• granite's has characteristic is recorded as radioactivity^[23].
• granite's different from is recorded as granite^[24].
• granite's different from is recorded as Granit^[25].
• granite's different from is recorded as Granite^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include granitoid^[11] and plutonic rock^[12].

Origins

Things named after include Aswan^[3], a city^[27], in Egypt^[28] and El Berrueco^[4], a municipality of Spain^[29], in Spain^[30].

Recognition

granite received the Rock of the Year^[2].

Influence

Things named for granite include Oscar-class submarine^[31], a submarine class^[32]; P-700 Granit^[33], a missile model^[34]; Granite County^[35], a county of Montana^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1893^[38]; and Hranitne^[39], a village of Ukraine^[40], in Ukraine^[41], founded in 1780^[42].

Why It Matters

granite ranks in the top 0.87% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,143 views/month, #678 of 77,819).^[1] granite has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] granite is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for granite include Oscar-class submarine^[31], a submarine class^[32]; P-700 Granit^[33], a missile model^[34]; Granite County^[35], a county of Montana^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1893^[38]; and Hranitne^[39], a village of Ukraine^[40], in Ukraine^[41], founded in 1780^[42].

FAQs

What awards did granite receive?

Honors received include Rock of the Year^[2].