granite

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US President Donald Trump has continued his makeover of the White House, adding a statue of Christopher Colombus and laying new black granite paving stones on the famed West Wing colonnade.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Bright pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica have led scientists to a remarkable discovery.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

Canadian women's skip Rachel Holman was pinged for a double-touch, as was Team GB's Bobby Lammie - both incidents not deliberate and the case of a lingering figure falling on to the granite.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

“Touching the granite at any time during the forward motion is not allowed,” the statement read.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

They told me it was carved out of granite in Egypt many centuries ago & brought to Alexandria by Augustus Caesar.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman