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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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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..
Zeolite
::
Zeolite
(n.) A term now used to
designate
any one of a
family
of
minerals,
hydrous
silicates
of
alumina,
with lime, soda,
potash,
or
rarely
baryta.
Here are
included
natrolite,
stilbite,
analcime,
chabazite,
thomsonite,
heulandite,
and
others.
These
species
occur of
secondary
origin
in the
cavities
of
amygdaloid,
basalt,
and lava, also, less
frequently,
in
granite
and
gneiss.
So
called
because
many of these
species
intumesce
before
the
blowpipe..
Pegmatite
::
Pegmatite
(n.) More
generally,
a
coarse
granite
occurring
as vein
material
in other
rocks..
Albite
::
Albite
(n.) A
mineral
of the
feldspar
family,
triclinic
in
crystallization,
and in
composition
a
silicate
of
alumina
and soda. It is a
common
constituent
of
granite
and of
various
igneous
rocks.
See
Feldspar..
Holocrystalline
::
Holocrystalline
(a.)
Completely
crystalline;
-- said of a rock like
granite,
all the
constituents
of which are
crystalline..
Granitification
::
Granitification
(n.) The act or the
process
of
forming
into
granite.
Syenite
::
Syenite
(n.)
Orig.,
a rock
composed
of
quartz,
hornblende,
and
feldspar,
anciently
quarried
at
Syene,
in Upper
Egypt,
and now
called
granite..
Growan
::
Growan
(n.) A
decomposed
granite,
forming
a mass of
gravel,
as in tin lodes in
Cornwall..
Plash
::
Plash (v. t.) To
splash
or
sprinkle
with
coloring
matter;
as, to plash a wall in
imitation
of
granite..
Crystalline
::
Crystalline
(a.)
Imperfectly
crystallized;
as,
granite
is only
crystalline,
while
quartz
crystal
is
perfectly
crystallized..
Element
::
Element
(n.) One of the
ultimate
parts which are
variously
combined
in
anything;
as,
letters
are the
elements
of
written
language;
hence,
also, a
simple
portion
of that which is
complex,
as a
shaft,
lever,
wheel,
or any
simple
part in a
machine;
one of the
essential
ingredients
of any
mixture;
a
constituent
part; as,
quartz,
feldspar,
and mica are the
elements
of
granite..
Schorly
::
Schorly
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
containing,
schorl;
as,
schorly
granite..
Gneiss
::
Gneiss
(n.) A
crystalline
rock,
consisting,
like
granite,
of
quartz,
feldspar,
and mica, but
having
these
materials,
especially
the mica,
arranged
in
planes,
so that it
breaks
rather
easily
into
coarse
slabs or
flags.
Hornblende
sometimes
takes the place of the mica, and it is then
called
hornblendic
/
syenitic
gneiss.
Similar
varieties
of
related
rocks are also
called
gneiss..
Sphinx
::
Sphinx
(n.) In
Egyptian
art, an image of
granite
or
porphyry,
having
a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the
wingless
body of a
lion..
Marble
::
Marble
(n.) A
massive,
compact
limestone;
a
variety
of
calcite,
capable
of being
polished
and used for
architectural
and
ornamental
purposes.
The color
varies
from white to
black,
being
sometimes
yellow,
red, and
green,
and
frequently
beautifully
veined
or
clouded.
The name is also given to other rocks of like use and
appearance,
as
serpentine
or verd
antique
marble,
and less
properly
to
polished
porphyry,
granite,
etc..
Granitic
::
Granitic
(a.) Like
granite
in
composition,
color,
etc.;
having
the
nature
of
granite;
as,
granitic
texture..
Micropegmatite
::
Micropegmatite
(n.) A rock
showing
under the
microscope
the
structure
of a
graphic
granite
(pegmatite).
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..
Epidotic
::
Epidotic
(a.)
Related
to,
resembling,
or
containing
epidote;
as, an
epidotic
granite..
Syke
::
Syenitic
(a.)
Relating
to, or like,
syenite;
as,
syenitic
granite..
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