The Rock Granite

It is plutonic in origin implying that it was formed deep underground.
The rock granite. Walk in s welcome schedule appointment for design consultation. Starting now at 2 00 to 5 00 per square foot. Granite is a common type of granular and phaneritic felsic intrusive igneous rock. In reference to the coarse grained structure of such a holocrystalline rock the word granite comes from the latin granum a grain.
The rock prefab granite outlet where we think you are marblous and we wont take you for granite. Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica amphiboles and other minerals. Granites depending on their mineralogy can be predominantly white pink or gray in colour. It forms from the slow crystallization of magma below earth s surface.
High quality porcelain tile from spain and italy. Granite coarse or medium grained intrusive igneous rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock with a granular and phaneritic texture occupying 70 80 of the earth s crust. Granite cut and polished surface of granite magnified 1 5.
It is the most common plutonic rock of the earth s crust forming by the cooling of magma silicate melt at depth. Granite is a light colored igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye. This rock is primarily composed of interlocking crystals of alkali feldspar 65 by volume quartz 20 by volume mica amphiboles and other minerals.