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Granite (/ ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground.
A larvikite quarry in Larvik, Norway, 2008 Polished larvikite (marketed as "Blue Pearl Granite"), showing labradorescence, is a popular decorative stone. Light larvikite with a polished surface. Larvikite is an igneous rock, specifically a variety of monzonite, [1] notable for the presence of thumbnail-sized crystals of feldspar.
Monzodiorite – igneous rock An intrusive igneous rock intermediate in composition between diorite and monzonite; Monzogranite – Biotite granite rocks that are considered to be the final fractionation product of magma – A silica-undersaturated granite with <5% normative quartz
Felsic rocks are usually light in color and have specific gravities less than 3. The most common felsic rock is granite . Common felsic minerals include quartz, muscovite , orthoclase , and the sodium-rich plagioclase feldspars ( albite -rich).
Granite (light) with sheeted veins of greisen (dark) at Cligga Head, Cornwall. Greisen is a highly altered granitic rock or pegmatite, usually composed predominantly of quartz and micas (mostly muscovite). Greisen is formed by self-generated alteration of a granite and is a class of moderate- to high-temperature magmatic-hydrothermal alteration ...
These rocks (granite, rhyolite) are usually light coloured, and have a relatively low density. Intermediate rocks have a moderate content of silica, and are predominantly composed of feldspars. These rocks (diorite, andesite) are typically darker in colour than felsic rocks and somewhat more dense.