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granite

Common type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock with grained texture

EntityQ41177

Subclass of: granitoid
, plutonic rock
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2022-11-11
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Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, mica 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.

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Made from material: quartz
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1.Stated in Classification and Nomenclature of Plutonic Rocks. Recommendations of the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks
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plagioclase
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1.Stated in Classification and Nomenclature of Plutonic Rocks. Recommendations of the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks
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moonstone
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1.Stated in Classification and Nomenclature of Plutonic Rocks. Recommendations of the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks
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mica
uranium
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1.epa.gov/radiation/granite-countertops-and-radiationRetrieved 2022-11-11
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thorium
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1.epa.gov/radiation/granite-countertops-and-radiationRetrieved 2022-11-11
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Has characteristic: radioactivity quotation: potentially dangerous
Different from: granite criterion used: commercial name
Granit criterion used: Q24005632
Granite criterion used: Q24005632
Awards: Rock of the Year(2007)
Named after: Aswan applies to name of subject: صوان
El Berrueco applies to name of subject: piedra berroqueña
Mohs' hardness: 6

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