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Definitions of granite in various dictionaries:
noun - plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture
noun - something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building.
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| The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown is the tallest structure in the U.S. made entirely of this |
| New Hampshire quarries provided this type of stone for building the Library of Congress |
| This commonest coarse-grained plutonic rock is desirable for countertops |
| Among the oldest rocks on Earth are 4-billion-year-old pieces of this, from which New Hampshire gets its nickname |
| A coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz & feldspar |
| Mount Rushmore is carved into a cliff made of this coarse rock |
| The name of this hard igneous rock comes from Latin for "grain" |
| The town of Barre is a world center in the production of this stone used for monuments |
| The pink material used to build the state capitol in Austin, Texas has to be "taken for" this stone |
| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the State House in Concord, NH.) Here in Concord, America's oldest State House, using its original chambers, was built in 1819, mostly of this stone--naturally |
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| a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone. |
| A very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone. |
| A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building. |
| Unyielding endurance steadfastness: a will of granite. |
| something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness) |
| plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz |
| a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used for building |
| a hard gray, pink, or black rock, used in buildings |
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Granite ( ) is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogy. The word "granite" comes from the Latin granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a holocrystalline rock. Strictly speaking, granite is an igneous rock with between 20% and 60% quartz by volume, and at least 35% of the total feldspar consisting of alkali feldspar, although commonly the term "granite" is used to refer to a wider range of coarse-grained igneous rocks containing quartz and feldspar. * The term "granitic" means granite-like and is applied to granite and a group of intrusive igneous rocks with similar textures and slight variations in composition and origin. These rocks mainly consist of feldspar, quartz, mica, and amphibole minerals, which form an interlocking, somewhat equigranular matrix of feldspar and quartz with scattered darker biotite mica and a |