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The meaning of granite.
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It is the most common plutonic rock of the earth s crust forming by the cooling of magma silicate melt at depth.
That said the stele a piece of black granite about 4 high and 2 across mounted on a 2 high square base was unveiled.
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Granites can be predominantly white pink or gray in color depending on their mineralogy.
It forms from the slow crystallization of magma below earth s surface.
The word granite comes from the latin granum a grain in reference to the coarse grained structure of such a completely crystalline rock.
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Geological science a light coloured coarse grained acid plutonic igneous rock consisting of quartz feldspars and such ferromagnesian minerals as biotite or hornblende.
A very hard natural igneous rock formation of visibly crystalline texture formed essentially of quartz and orthoclase or microcline and used especially for building and for monuments.
Widely used for building.
Granite n 1640s from french granit e 17c or directly from italian granito granite originally grained past participle adjective from granire granulate make grainy from grano grain from latin granum grain from pie root gre no grain.
In reference to the appearance of the rock.
Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica amphiboles and other minerals.
Al rich relic material from the formation of the rapakivi granite melt is another source of assimilation.
Granite cut and polished surface of granite magnified 1 5.
Granite ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.
Granite coarse or medium grained intrusive igneous rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar.
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Granite definition a coarse grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals as mica hornblende or augite.
Granite is a light colored igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye.