Look up: granite

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   granite
   Highly felsic igneous plutonic rock, typically light in color; rough plutonic equivalent of rhyolite. Granite is actually quite rare in the U.S.; often the term is applied to any quartz-bearing plutonic rock.
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   Granite
   Granite is a township in Phillips County Kansas, USA Granite is a CDP in Salt Lake County Utah, USA Granite is a city in Grant County Oregon, USA Granite is a town in Greer County Oklahoma, USA Granite is a township in Morrison County Minnesota, USA
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   Granite
   Granite is a plutonic igneous rock containing a high proportion of silica.
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   granite
   phaneritic igneous rock typically made up of quartz - 20-60 percent, alkali-feldspar > plagioclase feldspar, and 5-20 percent dark minerals (typically biotite ± muscovite ± hornblende).
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   granite
   [n] - plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture 2. [n] - something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
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   Granite
   a light-coloured intrusive igneous rock made up of the minerals quartz and feldspar with biotite and / or muscovite mica. The crystals are big enough to be visible without magnification. Granite is formed from the melting of the continental crust rocks
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   granite
   igneous, crystalline, equigranular, coarse-grained rocks consisting essentially for feldspar and quartz, with varying amount of mica, and other ferro-magnesian minerals; hence granite stone; a very hard, granular rock formed by the agglomeration of quartz crystals with feldspar and mica Category: The cosmos
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   Granite
   a coarse-grained igneous rock cooled and consolidated at depth in the earth's crust. Three essential minerals must be present; feldspar, mica and quartz. (Illustration) It can be very smooth faced, ie axed, fine axed, double axed or polished. The first Aberdeen granite masters actually went ...
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   Granite
   Gran'ite noun [ Italian granito granite, adj., grainy, past participle of granire to make grainy, from Latin granum grain; confer French granit . See Grain .] (Geol.) A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and there ...
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    granite
    <geology> A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red colour. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefor in being destitute of a schistose structure. ... Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the Note under Mica. Gneissoid gran ...
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    granite
    noun something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); `a man of granite`
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    granite
    a hard igneous rock consisting of clearly visible crystals of various minerals especially valued as building material
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    Granite
    `Granite` is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as porphyry. Granites can be pink to dark gray or even black, depending on their chemistry and mineralogy. Outcrops of granite tend to form tors, and rounded massifs. Granites sometimes occur in circular depressions surrounded by a ran...
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    Granite
    • (n.) A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.
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    granite
    coarse- or medium-grained intrusive igneous rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar; it is the most common plutonic rock of the Earth`s crust, ... [23 related articles]
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    granite
    granite 1. A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica; used in monuments and for building. 2. Unyielding endurance; steadfastness: a will of granite. 3. Etymology: from French granit(e), from Italian granito, 'granite'; originally, 'grained'; past participle of granire, 'gra...
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    Granite
    Medium to coarse grained igneous rock that is rich in quartz and potassium feldspar. Derived from felsic magma.
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    granite
    In this sample of granite, the pink crystals are potassium feldspar, much of the white or clear crystals are quartz, and the black crystals are mica An extremely hard, light-colored, acidic igneous rock consisting mainly of plagioclase feldspar and quartz (average 25%), with some biotite (mica),...
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    Granite
    frozen flavoured ice-crystals, similar to a slushy sorbet.
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    granite
    granite, coarse-grained igneous rock of even texture and light color, composed chiefly of quartz and feldspars. It usually contains small quantities of mica or hornblende, and minor accessory minerals may be present. Depending on the feldspar present, granite may be pink, dark gray, or light gray. I...
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