0 a type of hard usually grey or red rock used for building -- granitt
(also adjective) granite hills.
buildings of granite
The surface of the ground was generally covered with granite sand.
The uranium could be derived from the shale or from the granite itself.
The underlying rock is massive granite, which has been exposed to form outcrops and boulders throughout the area, with grass and trees between them.
Igneous lithologies vary from diorite through granodiorite, and granite to pegmatitic granite.
Some prior knowledge of granite petrology and associated topics would be needed for the reader to get the most out of the volume.
Generally, the granite seems to have remained above its solidus longer than the gabbro.
They start to occur along an approximately straight line without any definable contact between country rock granite and the matrix of the orbicular rock.
Dolomitic clasts have shape ratios typically 10 to 15 times higher than granite clasts.
