Granite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Granite	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Granite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
granite n plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 (el[91]olite) or leucite, and is then called {nephelite (el[91]olite) syenite} or {leucite syenite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Granite \Gran"ite\, 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. Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the {Note} under {Mica}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)