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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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Granitic
::
Granitic
(a.)
Consisting
of
granite;
as,
granitic
mountains..
Pegmatitic
::
Pegmatitic
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
resembling,
pegmatite;
as, the
pegmatic
structure
of
certain
rocks
resembling
graphic
granite..
Granitiform
::
Granitiform
(a.)
Resembling
granite
in
structure
or
shape.
Protogine
::
Protogine
(n.) A kind of
granite
or
gneiss
containing
a
silvery
talcose
mineral.
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..
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..
Holocrystalline
::
Holocrystalline
(a.)
Completely
crystalline;
-- said of a rock like
granite,
all the
constituents
of which are
crystalline..
Moorstone
::
Moorstone
(n.) A
species
of
English
granite,
used as a
building
stone..
Micropegmatite
::
Micropegmatite
(n.) A rock
showing
under the
microscope
the
structure
of a
graphic
granite
(pegmatite).
Crystalline
::
Crystalline
(a.)
Imperfectly
crystallized;
as,
granite
is only
crystalline,
while
quartz
crystal
is
perfectly
crystallized..
Bushhammer
::
Bushhammer
(v. t.) To dress with
bushhammer;
as, to
bushhammer
a block of
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..
Schorly
::
Schorly
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
containing,
schorl;
as,
schorly
granite..
Pegmatite
::
Pegmatite
(n.)
Graphic
granite.
See under
Granite.
Pegmatite
::
Pegmatite
(n.) More
generally,
a
coarse
granite
occurring
as vein
material
in other
rocks..
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..
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..
Granitoid
::
Granitoid
(a.)
Resembling
granite
in
granular
appearance;
as,
granitoid
gneiss;
a
granitoid
pavement..
Growan
::
Growan
(n.) A
decomposed
granite,
forming
a mass of
gravel,
as in tin lodes in
Cornwall..
Granitification
::
Granitification
(n.) The act or the
process
of
forming
into
granite.
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