granulite
/gran-yuh-lahyt/US // ˈgræn yəˌlaɪt //UK // (ˈɡrænjʊˌlaɪt) //
花岗岩,花岗石,颗粒岩,粒状物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
Examples
Hornblende is green, rarely brownish; augite pale green or nearly colourless; enstatite appears in some granulite-gneisses.
The more micaceous varieties form transitions to granulite and gneiss.
The rock was of garnet gneiss, traversed by black dykes of pyroxene granulite.
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