Granite

A coarse-grained igneous rock quarried as dimension stone; the commercial name also covers similar-looking hard stones that are not geologically granite.

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How it connects

Granite is a kind of Stone.

Granite is filed under Stone.

Granite is typically found in Kitchen.

Other kinds of Stone: Alabaster, Basalt, Limestone, Marble, Onyx, Quartzite, Sandstone, Slate and Soapstone.

In other taxonomies

GraniteUniclass, Ma_40_84_41_34theirs is narrower
granite (rock)Getty AAT, 300011183nearly the same
graniteWikidata, Q3115353nearly the same

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Where it sits

One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term

Mineral

Stone10

Granite

10 terms, Slate to Soapstone

The word “granite”

2 meanings

GraniteMaterial, this termNo default
graniteColorScope named colorNo default

Record

Broader: Stone
Relations: Typically in Kitchen
Provenance: referencedWikidata Q41177 granite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41177; Wikidata Q3115353 granite (commercial name), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3115353; Natural Stone Institute varieties, https://www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/designprofessionals/varieties/, read 11 Sep 2026

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The word, every meaningGET /v1/term/granite

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has-conceptMaterialincoming
belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
broaderStoneoutgoing
typically-inKitchenoutgoing
narrowerStoneincoming
typically-containsKitchenincoming

Derived hierarchy views

ancestor (derived)Stoneoutgoing
ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
sibling (derived)Alabasteroutgoing
sibling (derived)Basaltoutgoing
sibling (derived)Limestoneoutgoing
sibling (derived)Marbleoutgoing
sibling (derived)Onyxoutgoing
sibling (derived)Quartziteoutgoing
sibling (derived)Sandstoneoutgoing
sibling (derived)Slateoutgoing
sibling (derived)Soapstoneoutgoing

Crosswalks

External mappings and dated negative results for Granite
Scheme	Identifier	Their label, or the search	How close
Uniclass	Ma_40_84_41_34	Granite	theirs is narrower
Getty AAT	300011183	granite (rock)	nearly the same
Wikidata	Q3115353	granite	nearly the same