Granite tombstone is a type of internal igneous rock. It is one of the most resistant stones available. This type of stone has fine and coarse grains and is composed of various minerals such as quartz, mica, etc. Their color also depends on the minerals they are made of. They are usually seen in white, pink, gray, black, gray, etc.
Granite is extracted from various mines such as Iran, Brazil, India, Australia, etc. The granite stone of each region is different in terms of appearance and characteristics, due to the type of minerals that exist in each region. For example, this type of stone is found in Iran in white and black grainy colors.
Granite grave characteristics
Granite tombstones have a series of features that have made them the best-selling tombstones because of these features.
These features are as follows:
High resistance and durability
Usually, the most important criteria for buying tombstones are resistance to weather conditions, sunlight and durability. Granite stone has all these things and also has a high resistance to wear and is extremely high quality.
By choosing this stone, you will no longer have to think about changing the tombstone in a short period of time.
Smooth and bright surface
High density
Granite tombstone has a high molecular density of hard minerals and is considered one of the hard stones.
For cutting granite stone due to its high hardness, cutting machines with special diamonds are used in several stages.
Because of this high hardness, it has a high resistance to wear.
This stone is extremely strong and can bear a lot of weight. In addition to all these things, it also has low water absorption.
Granite
Today, most of the tombstones available in the market, both domestic and foreign, are made of granite. Other stones like marble are also used for tombstones, but the main use of tombstones is granite. Granite tombstones are more suitable and cheaper than marble due to their hard texture and weather resistance. .
Granite tombstone has a wide range of colors and usually requires little repair compared to other types of stones. Because of these mentioned things, people mostly use this type of stone for tombstones.