I dropped a piece of granite in my kitchen sink and it didn't chip

Honestly, I was moving a sample from a countertop place last week and it slipped. It was a small piece, about 3 inches square, of that black granite with the big sparkly bits. I braced for a crack or a big chip in my porcelain sink, but it just made a loud clunk and was fine. It got me reading about how granite forms under huge pressure over millions of years, which makes it so tough. Tbh, I always thought it was kinda fragile like glass. Anyone else had a rock do something that totally surprised them?

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river_fox181mo ago

That "huge pressure" thing explains it.

alice_hall1mo ago

Actually makes you wonder if the pressure itself becomes the main story instead of the actual event. Media gets so focused on who cracks under the strain that they forget to cover what's happening. Kinda warps the whole thing.