• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Synonyms:

Granite powder, granite aggregate, granite chips, granite sand, geologic granite, commercial granite,

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Description:  

1) It is defined in common commercial practice to include almost any hard (harder than glass or steel), crystalline stone that accepts a high polish that is not marble, limestone, travertine, sandstone or other softer, common stone. See ASTM Specification C-119 for another definition of granite. It usually contains small quantities of mica or hornblende, and minor accessory minerals may be present. Depending on the feldspar present, granite may be pink, dark gray, or light gray.

2) Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granites usually have a medium to coarse grained texture.

3) Angular particles, light salt and pepper colored, ranging in size from pebbles to boulders.

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Nominal Chemical Properties:

1) General Content:

        a) Feldspars (65 to 90%)
        b) Quartz (10 to 60%)
        c) Biotite or other accessory minerals (10 to 15%)

2) Nominal Chemical Composition:

        70-77% silica, 11-13% alumina, 3-5% potassium oxide, 3-5% soda, 1% lime, 2-3% total iron, and less than 1% magnesia and titania

3) Average Chemical Composition-
        A worldwide average of the chemical composition of granite, by weight percent:

SiO2 —   72.04%
Al2O3 — 14.42%
K2O —     4.12%
Na2O —   3.69%
CaO —     1.82%
FeO —     1.68%
Fe2O3 —  1.22%
MgO —    0.71%
TiO2 —    0.30%
P2O5 —   0.12%
MnO —    0.05%

Based on 2485 analyses. (Source= Petrology (2nd ed.). New York: Freeman. p. 66. ISBN 0716724383)

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Physical Properties Available:

1) Granite cobble
2) Granite aggregate
3) Granite chips
4) Granite sand
5) Granite powder
6) Granite dust
7) Custom granulations are available

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Natural Colors Available:
  
  1)  Starlite black
  2)  Midnite blue
  3)  Imperial gray
  4)  Linwood
  5)  Blue mahogany
  6)  Mauve
  7)  Dynamite orange
  8)  Pewter
  9)  Sunset pink
  10) Colonial red
  11) Red rustic
  12) Ruby red
  13) Rustic
  

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Nominal Physical Constants:

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Typical Applications:

Building stone, architectural aggregate, track & trail pathways, decorative landscape stone, decorative rip rap stone, and a source of economically valuable minerals

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder Packaging:

50 lbs. bags, bulk bags, loose bulk

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Listed. For further information please call the E.P.A. at +1.202.554.1404

• Granite Aggregate / Sand / Powder CAS Number:

Not Available

• Granite Health Hazards:
  
  Important Note: Granite is heavily contaminated with crystalline silica (CAS Number: 14808-60-7). Therefore, silicosis is a major health hazard in granite mining and in the end use / processing of granite.

• Granite Material Safety Data Sheet - (Third Party Source)