Granite is a mixture because it composes of numerous minerals but not elements.
													
																	Is granite an element or compound. 
									
	
		
	
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																	Calcium carbonate is a compound and an element. 
																	Minerals unlike elements do not make up a compound. 
																	However it is not a mixture. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Granite is a mixture because it composes of numerous minerals but not elements. 
																	Minerals unlike elements do not make up a compound. 
																	An element is something made up of only one type of thing and a compound has more for e g granite is a compound as it is made up of two things combined but carbon is an element as it is only made. 
																	Over a very long period of time the granite will cool and get pushed to the surface.