I'd prefer "surface:material" compared to "material", it is in modest use (800) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/surface%3Amaterial because the "highway" represents not just the surface.
Generally, maybe another subtagging step like "surface:material=stone" "stone=granite" could make sense? It could also be used for material and similar tags: material=stone and stone=granite https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/material=stone (180.000) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/stone (173 uses, of the kind we are looking for) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/stone_type (false friend, this is about specific stone types (shapes and purposes) rather than material) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/roof%3Amaterial=stone ... Cheers, Martin
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