California Granitic Rock

Granite ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

California granitic rock.

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Granite is a light colored igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye. Granites can be predominantly white pink or gray in color depending on their mineralogy the word granite comes from the latin granum a grain in reference to the coarse grained structure of such a completely crystalline rock. Founded in 1900 graniterock is one of the leading suppliers of construction building and landscaping materials in the state of california. Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica amphiboles and other minerals this mineral composition usually gives granite a red pink gray or white color with dark mineral.

Peck in geologic guide to the merced canyon and yosemite valley california california division of mines and geology bulletin 182. Concrete building materials contracting construction services. Easton in a bay area street paving and construction firm known as easton and wilson. This is also called a plutonic rock.

Granitic rocks of the yosemite valley area california by frank c. Granite is thought to form as hot fluids from deeper in the mantle rise and trigger widespread melting in the continental crust.