Granite

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"
    

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.
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   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}.
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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)
    

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
    Granite
    

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
    Granite
    

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
    

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