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Granite

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.

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Firmness 76% connected

The state or quality of being firm.

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Steadiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being steady.

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Granitic 74% connected

Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

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Granitic 74% connected

Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

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Si 70% connected

A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by L…

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Silicon 70% connected

A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brow…

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