granulite

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Definition von granulite im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A fine-grained metamorphic rock composed chiefly of feldspar, quartz, and garnets; A metamorphic rock, commonly granular in texture, which has cooled from temperatures above about 700 degrees Centigrade; A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite; a coarse-grained, equigranular metamorphic rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar and the anhydrous ferromagnesium minerals pyroxene and garnet; {i} type of rock; <))); A high-grade metamorphic rock, of the granulite facies
granulite facies: One of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, encompassing rocks that formed under intense temperature-pressure conditions (higher than 950°F, or 500°C). The minerals found in the rocks of granulite facies include hornblende, pyroxene, biotite, garnet, calcium plagioclase, and quartz or olivine. See also amphibolite facies

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