Granite Is Widely Distributed On The Surface

Granite is widely distributed on the surface and is one of the earliest natural rocks discovered and used by mankind. There are many relics of ancient development and utilization of granite around the world, such as the pyramids built by the ancient Egyptians more than 4,000 years ago, the temples of ancient Greece, the temples and caves of ancient India, and the Colosseum of ancient Rome. The development and utilization of granite by the Chinese nation can be traced back to the Neolithic Age, about 10,000 years ago. At the site of the stone tool manufacturing site in Huairen, Shanxi Province, there are relics that indicate that people had already mined exposed granite on the slopes of river valleys at that time Rock, tuff) to make stone tools.