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Granite (other)
Granite is a type of rock. Granite may also refer to: Places Australia * Granite Island (South Australia) United States * Granite, Colorado * Granite City, Illinois * Granite, Iowa * Granite, Maryland * Granite Falls, Minnesota * Granite, Oklahoma * Granite, Utah * Granite, Wyoming * Granite State, the official nickname of New Hampshire * Granite Peak#United States, Granite Peak, any one of 43 peaks by that name * Granite Bay, California Canada * Granite Peak#Canada, Granite Peak, either of two peaks by that name in British Columbia People *Zack Granite, a professional baseball player Other uses * Granite (Northern Rock vehicle), a financial instrument * IBM Granite, a family of AI models developed by IBM * Granite (song), "Granite" (song), a song by the drum and bass band Pendulum * ''The Granite'', college yearbook of the University of New Hampshire * Granite Construction, a California-based heavy civil general contractor and construction material producer * Granite Broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground. It is common in the continental crust of Earth, where it is found in igneous intrusions. These range in size from dikes only a few centimeters across to batholiths exposed over hundreds of square kilometers. Granite is typical of a larger family of ''granitic rocks'', or ''granitoids'', that are composed mostly of coarse-grained quartz and feldspars in varying proportions. These rocks are classified by the relative percentages of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase (the QAPF classification), with true granite representing granitic rocks rich in quartz and alkali feldspar. Most granitic rocks also contain mica or amphibole minerals, though a few (known as leucogranites) contain almost no dark minerals. Granite is nearly alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
