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Q: How does granite break up?
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How do people remove rock granite from the earth?

It depends on why the Granite needs to be removed, but because Granite is so hard it is usually blasted away with dynamite to break it up into small pieces to be carried away.


How do you melt granite rock?

You break it up in little rocks and throw it in a skillet then turn stove to high. Cook for 45 minutes


When granite rock is exposed to water wind or ice it can break down into smaller pieces and become what rock?

Common Granite


Are cheap granite countertops better than more expensive options?

The cheap counter tops that are granite are less likely to be damaged or broken. They are usually a granite laminate that can stand you cutting on it dropping things on it without breaking. Expensive granite will break.


What is the light-colored rock that makes up most of the continental crust?

granite or rhyolite


What is it called when granite makes up the continental crust?

I think granite is continental crust


What types of rock make up Granite?

Mainly Quartz, Feldspar, and Hornblende. Often there is Mica (usually biotite or muscovite). By the way, these are minerals, not rocks that make up granite. Granite IS the rock.


Granite is made up of the minerals feldspar and mica?

granite is made up of the minerls feldspar and mica


What makes the price of granite go up?

The less granite there is being made, or mined. The more expensive it will be.


What is Mount Rushmore made out of?

Mount Rushmore is carved out of the granite face of the Black Hills in South Dakota.


Where do you dig up quartz rocks?

granite


What is jantar mantar made up of?

granite