Granite




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Granite \Gran"ite\ (gr[a^]n"[i^]t), 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.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also
the Note under Mica.
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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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Syenite \Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene,
Gr. ?.] (Min.)
(a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt,
and now called granite.
(b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or
accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes
contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then
called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or {leucite
syenite}.
[1913 Webster]
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granite
n 1: plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture;
generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz

2: something having the quality of granite (unyielding
firmness); "a man of granite"
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Granite, CO
Zip code(s): 81228
Granite, MD
Zip code(s): 21163
Granite, OK (town, FIPS 30950)
Location: 34.96294 N, 99.37830 W
Population (1990): 1844 (587 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73547
Granite, OR (city, FIPS 30500)
Location: 44.81056 N, 118.41941 W
Population (1990): 8 (48 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Granite, UT (CDP, FIPS 30900)
Location: 40.56743 N, 111.80560 W
Population (1990): 3300 (903 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Granite, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 1844
Housing Units (2000): 533
Land area (2000): 1.581010 sq. miles (4.094796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.581010 sq. miles (4.094796 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30950
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.962367 N, 99.381356 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73547
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Granite, OK
Granite

Granite, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 24
Housing Units (2000): 74
Land area (2000): 0.398327 sq. miles (1.031663 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002761 sq. miles (0.007152 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.401088 sq. miles (1.038815 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30500
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.808774 N, 118.420162 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Granite, OR
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Granite, UT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Utah
Population (2000): 2018
Housing Units (2000): 642
Land area (2000): 1.468699 sq. miles (3.803912 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.468699 sq. miles (3.803912 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30900
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 40.571151 N, 111.809535 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Granite, UT
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Granite -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 2830
Housing Units (2000): 2074
Land area (2000): 1727.444113 sq. miles (4474.059524 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.669342 sq. miles (14.683527 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1733.113455 sq. miles (4488.743051 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 46.437588 N, 113.365536 W
Headwords:
Granite
Granite, MT
Granite County
Granite County, MT

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53 Moby Thesaurus words for "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



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