Te Tūranga o te Granite i roto i te Hanganga o ngā Whatu Tirohanga Tika.

 

He toka mura tūturu te karāneti, he mea hanga te nuinga mai i te quartz, te feldspar me te mika, ā, he mea nui tēnei i roto i te hanga i ngā wāhanga whatu tino tika. Nā ōna āhuatanga ahurei, he rauemi pai mō ngā momo whakamahinga i roto i te umanga whatu, inā koa i roto i te hanga i ngā wāhanga whatu kounga teitei pērā i ngā karāhe, ngā whakaata me ngā porotiti.

Ko tētahi o ngā painga nui o te karāneti ko tōna pumau tino pai. He iti noa te horapa o te karāneti i te wera, he mea nui tēnei mō ngā whatu tino tika, nā te mea ahakoa te iti o te whakarerekētanga ka taea te whakaputa hapa nui i roto i te mahi whatu. Mā tēnei pumau ka mau tonu te āhua me te tūnga o ngā huānga whatu i raro i ngā āhuatanga taiao rerekē, ā, ka piki ake te tika me te pono o ngā pūnaha whatu.

Hei tāpiritanga, ko te mātotoru ā-roto o te karāhe ka āwhina i te whakaiti i ngā wiri. I te wā e hangaia ana ngā karāhe tino tika, ka pā kino te wiri ki te kounga o te hua kua oti. Mā te whakamahi i te karāhe hei turanga, hei hanganga tautoko rānei, ka taea e ngā kaihanga te whakaiti i ēnei wiri, ka hua ake he mata maeneene ake, he mārama ake hoki te karāhe. He mea tino nui tēnei āhuatanga i roto i ngā tono tino tika pērā i ngā karu tiro me ngā karu hiko, ina hoki ka pāngia te mahi whānui e ngā hapa iti noa iho.

Ko te ngāwari o te mahi a te karāhe tētahi atu āhuatanga e pai ai mō te whakamahi i roto i ngā karāhe whatu tika. Ahakoa he rauemi mārō, nā ngā whanaketanga o te hangarau tapahi me te huri kua taea ai e ia te whakatutuki i ngā ātete pai e hiahiatia ana mō ngā wāhanga whatu. Ka taea e ngā tohunga mahi te hanga i te karāhe hei hoahoa uaua, ka taea ai te hanga i ngā whakairinga me ngā taputapu whatu ritenga hei whakarei ake i te mahi a tō pūnaha whatu.

Hei whakarāpopototanga, ko te pumau, te mātotoru, me te ngāwari o te mahi o te karāhe he mea nui hei rauemi mō te hanga whatu tino tika. I te mea kei te tipu haere tonu te hiahia mō ngā pūnaha whatu mahi-teitei, ka noho tonu te tūranga o te karāhe i roto i te umanga, kia taea ai e ngā kaihanga te whakaputa i ngā wāhanga e tutuki ana i ngā paerewa pakari o ngā whatu hou.