I am an igneous rock black or grey, pink in colour. I am one of the hardest building stone
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Answer: Granite
Granite can be predominantly white, pink, or Gray in colour, depending on their mineralogy and is used extensively in building materials and making statues.
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Granite is an igneous rock which is black, grey or pink in color and one of the hardest building stone.
Explanation:
- It is formed due to the slow crystallisation of magma under the Earth’s surface.
- Its grain can be seen with the naked eyes.
- It consists of quartz and feldspar with small quantities of 'mica and some other minerals'.
- It is one of the best igneous rock and can be found in floor tiles, stair treads, cemetery monuments etc.
- Stone Mountain, Mount Rushmore in California, 'White Mountains in New Hampshire' are few of the natural granite mountains.
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