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.

Obtaining
Granite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.

Natural generation
Regular granite generates anywhere underground (heights below 80) in rich seams, in an identical way to the other two stone types, as well as gravel and underground dirt. It is most commonly exposed to the surface in mountains biomes but can also be found regularly in other biomes.

Polished granite generate in some ocean ruins

In Bedrock Edition, granite can generate as part of coral reefs.

Granite generates in desert village armorer houses.

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.

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.

Stonecutting
Using a stonecutter, granite can be turned into 2 granite slabs, granite stairs, granite wall, polished granite, 2 polished granite slabs, polished granite stairs; polished granite can be turned into 2 polished granite slabs or polished granite stairs.

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

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.