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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.
| Block | Granite Polished Granite | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 | |
| Wooden | 1.15 | |
| Stone | 0.6 | |
| Iron | 0.4 | |
| Diamond | 0.3 | |
| Netherite | 0.25 | |
| Golden | 0.2 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
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 extreme hills biomes but can also be found regularly in other biomes.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Polished Granite | Diorite + Nether Quartz |
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| Polished Granite | Granite |
Usage
Granite is currently only used for decoration. It has the same blast resistance as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Slab or Polished Granite Slab |
Granite or Polished Granite |
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| Granite Stairs or Polished Granite Stairs |
Granite or Polished Granite |
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| Granite Wall | Granite | ||
| Stonecutter | Iron Ingot + Granite or Polished Granite |
Can use stone and its three other variants interchangeably.[Bedrock Edition only] |
Data values
Granite has the ID name minecraft:stone, which it shares with stone, andesite, and diorite, differentiated by its block data. Granite also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in 1.13.
Block data
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Stone | |
| 1 | Granite | |
| 2 | Polished Granite | |
| 3 | Diorite | |
| 4 | Polished Diorite | |
| 5 | Andesite | |
| 6 | Polished Andesite |
Block state
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stone_type | 0x10x20x4 | stone
| stone | 0 | Stone |
granite | 1 | Granite | |||
granite_smooth | 2 | Polished Granite | |||
diorite | 3 | Diorite | |||
diorite_smooth | 4 | Polished Diorite | |||
andesite | 5 | Andesite | |||
andesite_smooth | 6 | Polished Andesite |
Video
- Note: The video states that unlike the other stone types, you cannot make stone slabs from polished granite. This is incorrect as granite, andesite, and diorite all had this feature removed in 14w33a.
Granite/video
History
| release | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | December 18, 2013 | Jeb posts the first images of granite and polished granite. | |||
| 14w02a | Added granite and polished granite. | ||||
| 14w33a | Granite and polished granite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs. | ||||
| upcoming | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w09a | Polished granite now generates in underwater ruins. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Added granite and polished granite. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added granite and polished granite. | |
Issues
Issues relating to "Granite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
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.
Gallery
- 14w02a new stone variants.png
A photo of granite, andesite, and diorite and their polished counterparts
- New Naturally Generated Blocks in 14w02a.png
Granite, diorite and andesite in one place in a cave

