With increasing amounts of acid rain in parts of the world, granite has begun to supplant marble as a monument material, since it is much more durable.

The granite base of the monument is engraved: Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki — Commentator and Guide.

The monument consists of a granite disk embedded with a smaller bronze disk around the point, surrounded by smaller, appropriately located state seals and flags representing both the states and tribal nations of the area.

For more than 100 years, a simple granite stone was the only marker of the Road's beginning in Cumberland, MD In June, 2012, a monument and plaza were built in Riverside Park ( Cumberland ), adjoining the starting place.

Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford, wife of Leland Stanford, governor and U. S. Senator from California, though she was not a Roman Catholic herself, had a granite monument erected to honor Father Serra at Monterey.

Perhaps the most widely known monument locally using this granite was the soldiers monument at Peacham, Vt. Monuments from this granite exist all over the country.

A granite monument at the Person County Courthouse honors E. Fletcher Satterfield, who advanced the Confederate flag at Gettysburg.

Today a small granite monument stands in his honor just south of Veal Cemetery in Washington County, Georgia.

The monument consists of a rough stone pole building used for picnics and a granite pillar shaped monument atop a small hill.

On a small landscaped triangular plot located between the highway and a railroad right-of-way, a granite and bronze monument dedicated in 1960 commemorates the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood.

The monument is in the shape of a Swedish Lion, standing on a pedestal of granite.

* Veterans ' Park-A park dedicated to the hundreds of men and women from Sikeston and other communities in Southeast Missouri who have valiantly served their country in times of war, the park features a large, lighted granite monument and American flag display.

John Knill, a former mayor, constructed the Knill Steeple, a granite monument overlooking the town.

Baltimore honored Lanier with a large and elaborate bronze and granite sculptural monument, created by Hans K. Schuler and located on the campus of the Johns Hopkins University.

An expressive bronze statue atop a granite plinth, the monument was unveiled in 1980.

The 57ft high obelisk is made of solid Galway granite and was paid for through public subscription and unveiled in 1911 at the junction with Parnell Street, just south of Parnell Square for which Dublin Corporation re-routed the tram tracks to facilitate the siting of the monument.

A carved granite monument — a book with an inscription to Jim Fixx from the people of Northeast Scotland — now stands in Hardwick Memorial Park in Hardwick, Vermont.

The Ramavarmapuram monument is in granite and is of Menhir type.

The monument consists of a six-inch hole in the ground filled with soil and a granite ring surrounding that hole.

One side of the monument reads: “ Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age .” The monument is composed of a granite urn on a granite pedestal inside a wrought iron fence.

There's a fine granite quarry there, and granite's coming back for public buildings.

On March 30, 2010, a spokesman for the Egyptian Culture Ministry claimed it had unearthed a large red granite door in Luxor with inscriptions by User, a powerful adviser to the 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut who ruled between 1479 BC and 1458 BC, the longest of any woman.

The city would become noted for furniture-making and granite quarrying.

A solid base is a must for any successful course, and where early courses had plain dirt pads, modern courses use concrete, or more cost effective materials such as mulch, decomposed granite, or other natural materials.

Western observers also have noted Eritrea ’ s excellent potential for quarrying ornamental marble and granite.

Often the species of mafic minerals is included in the name, for instance, hornblende-bearing granite, pyroxene tonalite or augite megacrystic monzonite, because the term " granite " already assumes content with feldspar and quartz.

However, because of its low brisance, black powder causes fewer fractures and results in more usable stone compared to other explosives, making black powder useful for blasting monumental stone such as granite and marble.

Many large granite plutons are the sources for palaeochannel-hosted or roll front uranium ore deposits, where the uranium washes into the sediments from the granite uplands and associated, often highly radioactive, pegmatites.

Granite could be considered a potential natural radiological hazard as, for instance, villages located over granite may be susceptible to higher doses of radiation than other communities.

Cellars and basements sunk into soils over granite can become a trap for radon gas, which is formed by the decay of uranium.

Conway granite has been noted for its relatively-high thorium concentration of 56 (± 6 ) PPM.

A study of granite countertops was done ( initiated and paid for by the Marble Institute of America ) in November 2008 by National Health and Engineering Inc of USA, and found that all of the 39 full size granite slabs that were measured for the study showed radiation levels well below the European Union safety standards ( section 4. 1. 1. 1 of the National Health and Engineering study ) and radon emission levels well below the average outdoor radon concentrations in the US.

Quarrying granite ( actually quartz monzonite ) for the Salt Lake Temple in Little Cottonwood Canyon

The Red Pyramid of Egypt ( c. 26th century BC ), named for the light crimson hue of its exposed granite surfaces, is the third largest of Egyptian pyramids.

In some areas granite is used for gravestones and memorials.

It caused a sensation in the London monumental trade and for some years all polished granite ordered came from MacDonalds.

Because of its abundance, granite was commonly used to build foundations for homes in New England.

Polished granite is also a popular choice for kitchen countertops due to its high durability and aesthetic qualities.

In building and for countertops, the term " granite " is often applied to all igneous rocks with large crystals, and not specifically to those with a granitic composition.

A most unusual use of granite was in the construction of the rails for the Haytor Granite Tramway, Devon, England, in 1820.

Nevertheless, outside the local County Courts there now stands the Brentford Monument, hewn from solid pink granite, whereupon it is asserted, that a documented battle took place here at this time between Cæsar's forces and Cassivellaunus.

Near the spot where Gustavus Adolphus fell, a granite boulder was placed in position on the day after the battle.

One, beautifully carved, showed Amenophis III in battle with Nubians and Syrians ; the other, of black granite, was over ten feet high, larger than any stela previously known ; the original text commemorated the building achievements of Amenophis and described the beauties and magnificence of the temple in which it had stood.

A granite cross on the nearby Piper Hill ( UK map reference NT890373 ) commemorates the battle.

A statue of Admiral Comte de Grasse and a granite memorial honor those who fought in the battle.

A monument was erected on the site of the battle in 1947, consisting of an ox wagon executed in granite by the sculptor Coert Steynberg.

In 1877, a granite monument was erected at the site of the battle.

On Memorial Day, 1999, the first of five red granite markers denoting where warriors fell during the battle were placed on the battlefield for Cheyenne warriors Lame White Man and Noisy Walking.

The rest of the monuments at Passchendaele and Hill 62 in Belgium as well as Bourlon Wood, Courcelette, Dury and Le Quesnel in France each received an identical, simple ' granite block ' memorial which were inscribed with a brief passage describing the battle they commemorate.

The granite pedestal is inscribed with the names of battle sites in France.