Can granite be magnetic?

One of these has been on the granite worktop for a few days, waiting for me (to wait for my wife...) to glue the magnet back into the holder thus restoring the gizmo to active duty... Youngest son picks up magnet and says "Daddy, the worktop is magnetic!" I bit back the scathing retort before Mrs. read more

The rock granite cannot be magnetic but it can contain one or more minerals that are magnetic and if present those minerals would make that particular sample slightly magnetic in the areas surrounding those particular minerals. read more

Granite is magnetic- I'm amazed! Having dinner this evening around the granite kitchen worktop / bar. We have some useless fridge magnets shaped like giant clothespegs to clip notes / reminders / shopping-lists to, useless since they get knocked off the fridge, fall to the floor and the magnet pops out of the casing. read more

Granite can be slightly magnetic. If you bring rare earth magnet towards it, the magnet attracts. Especially if it is mined from India.Oxides of iron and titanium are responsible for this. read more