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granite
Summary
granite ranks in the top 0.87% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,443 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 equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Granite[24].
- granite's different from is recorded as granite[25].
- granite's different from is recorded as Granit[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 (3,443 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 56 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].