granititen.
/ˈɡranɪtʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A variety of granite (see quot. 1879).
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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 734.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xii. 210 Granitite is a term given to those varieties of granite which contain a certain amount of plagioclase (oligoclase).
1887 J. D. Dana Man. Mineral. & Petrogr. (ed. 4) 470 Biotite granite (granityte).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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