Granite

Granite is a type of coarse-grained igneous rock like diorite or andesite.

Polished granite is the polished version of granite.

Natural generation
Granite can generate in the Overworld in the form of intrusive veinss. Granite attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in veins of size 1–33, from elevations 0 to 79, in all biomes.

Granite generates in desert village armorer houses.

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Polished granite generates in some ocean ruins.

Breaking
Granite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Trading
Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a $1/3$ chance to sell 4 polished granite for one emerald as part of their trades.

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers have a 25% chance to sell 4 polished granite for one emerald as part of their trades.

Usage
Granite is currently used only for decoration. It has the same blast resistance as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.

Trading
Journeyman-level Stone Mason villagers have $1/3$ of a chance to buy 16 granite for an emerald.

Note Blocks
Granite and polished granite can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

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Block data
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Trivia

 * In real life, granite is an igneous rock consisting of quartz, mica and feldspar. Granite has different colors from gray to distinctive pink. The word "granite" comes from the Latin term granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a crystalline rock. The pink granite in Minecraft reflects its real life counterpart that has potassium feldspar in its composition.