The washbasin is made of granite.

The most common type of rock is granite.

Goods taxed at high rates (for example, polished granite) are sold as goods taxed at lower rates (for example, as unpolished granite).

The original plan was to perform the carvings in granite pillars known as the Needles.

The dictionary is not carved out of a piece of granite, out of a lump of rock. It's made up of lots of little bits.

Thousands of miles from the bloody fields of France, 26 young New Zealanders who died there are remembered on a granite cross.

In general, this occurs near volcanic activity, but can occur in the deep crust related to the intrusion of granite, or as the result of orogeny or metamorphism.