About The Word Granite
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Granite
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What's The Definition Of Granite?
[n] something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite"
[n] plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz Synonyms | Synonyms for Granite: Related Terms | Find terms related to Granite: aa | abyssal rock | adamant | basalt | bedrock | block lava | bone | brash | breccia | brick | cement | concrete | conglomerate | crag | diamond | druid stone | festooned pahoehoe | flint | gneiss | heart of oak | igneous rock | iron | lava | limestone | living rock | magma | mantlerock | marble | metamorphic rock | monolith | nails | oak | pahoehoe | pillow lava | porphyry | pudding stone | regolith | rock | ropy lava | rubble | rubblestone | sandstone | sarsen | schist | scoria | scree | sedimentary rock | shelly pahoehoe | steel | stone | talus | tufa | tuff See Also | atomic number 14 | batholite | batholith | firmness | pluton | plutonic rock | Si | silicon | steadiness Granite In Webster's Dictionary \Gran"ite\, n. [It. granito granite, adj., grainy, p. p.
of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F.
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 therefore in being destitute of a schistose
structure.
Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also
the {Note} under {Mica}.
{Gneissoid granite}, granite in which the mica has traces of
a regular arrangement.
{Graphic granite}, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
in the transverse section like oriental characters.
{Porphyritic granite}, granite containing feldspar in
distinct crystals.
{Hornblende granite}, or
{Syenitic granite}, granite containing hornblende as well as
mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
replacing the mica.
{Granite ware}.
(a) A kind of stoneware.
(b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
granite.
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