Granite

"So next time you need a pink castle in a hurry, call on granite. You'll get blast resistance as good as stone, a choice of natural and polished finishes, an easy supply from your quarry and the very pinkest of pinks to dazzle your friends with."

- Duncan Geere

Granite is a type of igneous rock.

Polished granite is the polished version of granite.

Natural generation
Polished granite generates in some ocean ruins

$$, granite can generate as a part of coral reefs.

Granite generates in desert village armorer houses.

Mineral veins
Granite can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Granite attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in veins of size 33, from altitudes 0 to 80, in all biomes.

From block loot
Granite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

From trading
Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have $1/3$ of a 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.

Info
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.

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

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

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Block data
In Bedrock Edition, granite uses the following data values:

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 reflected to its real life counterpart that has alkali feldspar in its composition.