granitite
granitite noun: any of various types of granite containing a high percentage of biotite.
Noun
granitite (countable and uncountable, plural granitites)
- Any of various types of granite containing a high percentage of biotite.
- In several places, notably on the road to Coffin's Beach, and in the vicinity of Bond's Hill, on the west side of Squam River, opposite the city of Gloucester, the diorite is in such a position as to indicate that it is included in the granitite.1889, J.W. Powell, Ninth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, page 603
- For some time the presence of the diorite was unperceived, and it was considered a mere fine grained variation of the Cape Ann granitite.1890, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, The Geology of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, page 606
Forms of granitite
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Origin of granitite
From granite + -ite.
Questions about granitite
- What does granitite mean?
- Granitite means any of various types of granite containing a high percentage of biotite.
- What part of speech is granitite?
- Granitite is a noun.
- What is the plural of granitite?
- The plural of granitite is granitites.
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