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Definition of Granulites
1. granulite [n] - See also: granulite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Granulites
Literary usage of Granulites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The felspar of the granulites is mostly orthoclase or crypto- perthite; microcline,
... It should be remembered that though granulites are probably the ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1902)
"The calcite and lime-silicates found near the junctions are not the result of
alteration of minerals composing the granulites. Contact-metamorphic relations ..."
3. Annual Report of the Geological Commission by George Steuart Corstorphine, Arthur William Rogers (1908)
"GREY granulites. crops, and they were not noticed again to the south-east, though
they are very conspicuous on Blaauw Puts to the north-west. ..."
4. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1897)
"The pyroxene-granulites are rich in irregular, often rounded, ... A frequent
peculiarity in all the granulites is the occurrence of what have been styled ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"A part of the granulites correspond chemically to known types of granite. ...
Chemically the granulites may be divided into two groups: one containing the ..."
6. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1904)
"A curious group, in some respects intermediate between the limestones and
granulites, includes rocks whose essential elements are diopside. mica, amphibole, ..."
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