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词汇 granite
释义 granite
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈɡræn.ɪt/ us /ˈɡræn.ɪt/
a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used for building花岗岩,花岗石
 
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granite | American Dictionary


granite
noun[ U ]
us/ˈɡræn·ɪt/
a hard gray, pink, or black rock, used in buildings

Examples of granite


granite
Al-rich relic material from the formation of the rapakivi granite melt is another source of assimilation.
That said, the stele, a piece of black granite, about 4 high and 2 across, mounted on a 2 high square base, was unveiled.
This disturbance might in part be related to fluid percolation associated with the shear zones traversing the granite.
The granite occupies the northern parts, whereas in the south the massif is composed of gabbro in the west and leucogabbro in the east.
In contrast, axial ratios of granite clasts in some instances actually decrease adjacent to the contact.
The rock fragments are mainly rhyolite, granite, and spherulite of rhyolite, with very small amounts of muscovite-quartz schist and hornfels exhibiting a granoblastic texture.
Therefore, some aspects of the chemical composition of granites likely reflect their source material.
Dolomitic clasts have shape ratios typically 10 to 15 times higher than granite clasts.
They start to occur along an approximately straight line without any definable contact between country rock granite and the matrix of the orbicular rock.
Generally, the granite seems to have remained above its solidus longer than the gabbro.
Some prior knowledge of granite petrology and associated topics would be needed for the reader to get the most out of the volume.
Igneous lithologies vary from diorite through granodiorite, and granite to pegmatitic granite.
The underlying rock is massive granite, which has been exposed to form outcrops and boulders throughout the area, with grass and trees between them.
The uranium could be derived from the shale or from the granite itself.
The surface of the ground was generally covered with granite sand.
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Collocations withgranite


granite

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black granite
That said, the stele, a piece of blackgranite, about 4 high and 2 across, mounted on a 2 high square base, was unveiled.
decomposed granite
Decomposed granite accumulations are often shallow deposits within glacially scoured basins.
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Hansard archive

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granite boulder
The earlier parts of the castle constructions are characterised by heavy graniteboulder constructions, but with ever more refined details in later periods.
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