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Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground.

It is common in the continental crust of Earth, where it is found in igneous intrusions.

These range in size from dikes only a few centimeters across to batholiths exposed over hundreds of square kilometers.

Dimension stone is natural stone or rock that has been selected and finished (e.g., trimmed, cut, drilled or ground) to specific sizes or shapes.

Color, texture and pattern, and surface finish of the stone are also normal requirements.

Another important selection criterion is durability: the time measure of the ability of dimension stone to endure and to maintain its essential and distinctive characteristics of strength, resistance to decay, and appearance.

A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave.

It is traditional for burials in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, among others.

In most cases, it has the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death inscribed on it, along with a personal message, or prayer, but may contain pieces of funerary art, especially details in stone relief.

In many parts of Europe, insetting a photograph of the deceased in a frame is very common.

Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.

It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy.

The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech, but it is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from the primary sector are transformed into finished goods on a large scale.

Such goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other more complex products (such as aircraft, household appliances, furniture, sports equipment or automobiles), or distributed via the tertiary industry to end users and consumers (usually through wholesalers, who in turn sell to retailers, who then sell them to individual customers).

Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it, and a distributor is a business involved in the distribution stage of the value chain.

Distribution can be done directly by the producer or service provider or by using indirect channels with distributors or intermediaries.

Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix: the other three elements being product, pricing, and promotion.