Granite bits and sandblasting over a rubber stencil. Leaving the letters, numbers, and emblems exposed on the stone, the blaster can create virtually any kind of artwork or epitaph. The stone known as "black granite" is usually gabbro, which has a completely different chemical composition. Granite has been extensively used as a dimension stone and as flooring tiles in public and commercial buildings and monuments. Aberdeen in Scotland, which is constructed principally from local granite, is known as "The Granite City". Because of its abundance in New England, granite was commonly used to build foundations for homes there. The Granite Railway,
Granite Shoals, Texas Elementary School in Granite Shoals, and middle and high school students travelling six miles to neighboring Marble Falls. Granite Shoals, Texas Granite Shoals is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. The 2010 census population was 4,910. Granite Shoals is located in southwestern Burnet County at . This is west of Marble Falls and northwest of downtown Austin, on a bend on the east shore of Lake Lyndon B. Johnson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 20.25%, is water. As of the census