Granite

Granite is a stone-like material.

Polished granite is the polished version of granite. As with diorite and andesite, it can be crafted from regular granite.

Naturally generated
Regular granite generates anywhere underground 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 Extreme Hills biomes but can also be found regularly in other biomes.

Trivia

 * In real life, granite is igneous rock consisting of quartz, mica and feldspar. Granite have different colors from gray to distinctive pink. The word "granite" comes from the Latin phrase 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 have alkali feldspar in its composition.