1 Granite is a very hard stone and 100 percent natural. Itâs mined from quarries all around the world, cut down to a manageable size, and then polished to a fine finish.  Quartz is slightly different in that it is not 100 percent natural.
What does DC mean? District of Columbia, D.C., DC (noun) the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
 AD stands for ANNO DOMINI which refers to Christ's birth. BC is before Christ. CE stands for 'Common Era' and is a recent term. It is used in place of AD.   BCD stand â¦ s for 'Before Common Day' and is used instead of BC, however it is more commonly represented as BCE, 'Before Common Era'.