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Definition of granite
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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 State
::
Granite
State () New
Hampshire;
-- a
nickname
alluding
to its
mountains,
which are
chiefly
of
granite..
Pegmatitic
::
Pegmatitic
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
resembling,
pegmatite;
as, the
pegmatic
structure
of
certain
rocks
resembling
graphic
granite..
Granitification
::
Granitification
(n.) The act or the
process
of
forming
into
granite.
Protogine
::
Protogine
(n.) A kind of
granite
or
gneiss
containing
a
silvery
talcose
mineral.
Syenite
::
Syenite
(n.)
Orig.,
a rock
composed
of
quartz,
hornblende,
and
feldspar,
anciently
quarried
at
Syene,
in Upper
Egypt,
and now
called
granite..
Gowan
::
Gowan (n.)
Decomposed
granite.
Plash
::
Plash (v. t.) To
splash
or
sprinkle
with
coloring
matter;
as, to plash a wall in
imitation
of
granite..
Granitoid
::
Granitoid
(a.)
Resembling
granite
in
granular
appearance;
as,
granitoid
gneiss;
a
granitoid
pavement..
Schorly
::
Schorly
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
containing,
schorl;
as,
schorly
granite..
Granite
::
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..
Clay
::
Clay (n.) A soft
earth,
which is
plastic,
or may be
molded
with the
hands,
consisting
of
hydrous
silicate
of
aluminium.
It is the
result
of the
wearing
down and
decomposition,
in part, of rocks
containing
aluminous
minerals,
as
granite.
Lime,
magnesia,
oxide of iron, and other
ingredients,
are often
present
as
impurities..
Granitic
::
Granitic
(a.) Like
granite
in
composition,
color,
etc.;
having
the
nature
of
granite;
as,
granitic
texture..
Unstratified
::
Unstratified
(a.) Not
stratified;
--
applied
to
massive
rocks,
as
granite,
porphyry,
etc., and also to
deposits
of loose
material,
as the
glacial
till, which occur in
masses
without
layers
or
strata..
Gneissoid
::
Gneissoid
(a.)
Resembling
gneiss;
having
some of the
characteristics
of
gneiss;
--
applied
to rocks of an
intermediate
character
between
granite
and
gneiss,
or mica slate and
gneiss..
Moorstone
::
Moorstone
(n.) A
species
of
English
granite,
used as a
building
stone..
Hypogene
::
Hypogene
(a.)
Formed
or
crystallized
at
depths
the
earth's
surface;
-- said of
granite,
gneiss,
and other
rocks,
whose
crystallization
is
believed
of have taken place
beneath
a great
thickness
of
overlying
rocks.
Opposed
to
epigene..
Luxullianite
::
Luxullianite
(n.) A kind of
granite
from
Luxullian,
Cornwall,
characterized
by the
presence
of
radiating
groups
of
minute
tourmaline
crystals..
Micropegmatite
::
Micropegmatite
(n.) A rock
showing
under the
microscope
the
structure
of a
graphic
granite
(pegmatite).
Plashing
::
Plashing
(n.) The
dashing
or
sprinkling
of
coloring
matter
on the walls of
buildings,
to
imitate
granite,
etc..
Granitiform
::
Granitiform
(a.)
Resembling
granite
in
structure
or
shape.
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