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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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Syke
::
Syenitic
(a.)
Relating
to, or like,
syenite;
as,
syenitic
granite..
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..
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..
Granitoid
::
Granitoid
(a.)
Resembling
granite
in
granular
appearance;
as,
granitoid
gneiss;
a
granitoid
pavement..
Gowan
::
Gowan (n.)
Decomposed
granite.
Moorstone
::
Moorstone
(n.) A
species
of
English
granite,
used as a
building
stone..
Crystalline
::
Crystalline
(a.)
Imperfectly
crystallized;
as,
granite
is only
crystalline,
while
quartz
crystal
is
perfectly
crystallized..
Protogine
::
Protogine
(n.) A kind of
granite
or
gneiss
containing
a
silvery
talcose
mineral.
Pegmatitic
::
Pegmatitic
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
resembling,
pegmatite;
as, the
pegmatic
structure
of
certain
rocks
resembling
graphic
granite..
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..
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..
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..
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).
Bushhammer
::
Bushhammer
(v. t.) To dress with
bushhammer;
as, to
bushhammer
a block of
granite..
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..
Pegmatite
::
Pegmatite
(n.)
Graphic
granite.
See under
Granite.
Syenite
::
Syenite
(n.)
Orig.,
a rock
composed
of
quartz,
hornblende,
and
feldspar,
anciently
quarried
at
Syene,
in Upper
Egypt,
and now
called
granite..
Holocrystalline
::
Holocrystalline
(a.)
Completely
crystalline;
-- said of a rock like
granite,
all the
constituents
of which are
crystalline..
Plash
::
Plash (v. t.) To
splash
or
sprinkle
with
coloring
matter;
as, to plash a wall in
imitation
of
granite..
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