Is there any reason I can’t use an olive wood pestle with my granite mortar?

I got a granite mortar and pestle as recommended by [the SE article](https://www.seriouseats.com/best-mini-mortar-and-pestles-7167627) and I’ve been enjoying it, but I notice all the same shortcomings that the article mentioned when I use it for pesto. I don’t have room (or the money) for the marble and olive wood one from Etsy, so I had just decided to make do.

However, I realized that all of my problems with the granite one came down to the pestle: too heavy and too small to properly wrangle all the little pieces. That made me wonder, what if I just bought an olive wood pestle separately and used my same granite mortar? Is the interior of the granite mortar too rough for the wood? Is the marble integral in some way? Or does this seem like a viable solution?

by silver-magus