[gran-it] 
| 1. | a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite. |
| 2. | anything compared to this rock in great hardness, firmness, or durability. |
| gran·ite (grān'ĭt) n.
[Italian granito, from past participle of granire, to make grainy, from grano, grain, from Latin grānum; see g  ə-no- in Indo-European roots.]gra·nit'ic (grā-nĭt'ĭk, grə-), gran'it·oid' (grān'ĭ-toid') adj. |
A relatively lightweight igneous rock that makes up most of the Earth's crust beneath the continents. (See basalt, plate tectonics, and tectonic plates.)
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