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In nature, granite is polished the same way as any other type of rock: Wind, water, and friction. However, because granite is so hard, even constant wind would not produce noticeable effects in our lifetime. Running water or continuous friciton (like a tree limb rubbing against a boulder, or decades of rock climbers) could produce a smooting or polishing effect on granite. Rock tumblers reproduce this effect by tumbling (friction) rocks in a large cylinder with water. Several weeks in a rock tumbler can replicate hundreds of years of natural erosion. You are most likely to see natural polishing of granite on cliff faces where water drips down, waterfall edges, and stream beds.

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