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Granite is an igneous composite of quartz, feldspar and plagioclase. None of these materials are good conductors of electricity. Quartz is similar to glass, both being silicon dioxide. Glass in an excellent insulator, and so is quartz. Feldspar is also an excellent insulator. So is plagioclase. So, is granite a good conductor of electricity?
Nope.
That said, quartz is also a piezoelectric material. If a charge is applied to a quartz crystal, the crystal bends/twists, or otherwise moves. Also, if the crystal is struck, bent, twisted or otherwise moved, it develops a static charge that will quickly dissipate. The random arrangement of crystals in granite make harvesting these charges impossible.
Granite was selected by the pyramid engineers for its strength, not piezoelectric properties of the quartz it contains.
James Stripling
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∙ 12y agoGranite has a high percentage of quartz, so yes it is.
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∙ 11y agoits igneous rock which has a high level of iron in it.
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∙ 9y agoNo, unless its wet and then it is actually ions in the water that permit conduction.
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∙ 8y agoBecause it has a high percentage of quartz.
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∙ 6y agoThe electrons from the stressed rock cannot follow the holes, because granite is not a very good conductor of this more usual form of electricity.
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∙ 14y agoYes. Highly resistive but it will conduct
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∙ 10y agoNo, it does not.
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∙ 12y agoYES
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∙ 12y agoa good
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Is granite a suspension?
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How much is full granite in RuneScape?
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