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Definition of Hornblende granite

Hornblende granite
Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement. Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters. Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. Hornblende granite, or Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. Granite ware. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.

Meaning of Hornblende granite from wikipedia

- 124° angles. Hornblende is most often confused with the pyroxene series and biotite mica, which are also dark minerals found in granite and charnockite...
- crystallization of hornblende rather than biotite. I-type granites are known for their porphyry copper deposits. I-type granites are orogenic (****ociated...
- oligoclase (a variety of plagioclase). Common mineral components include hornblende and biotite. The name has come to be used most frequently as a textural...
- agents of chemical weathering. For example, an experimental study on hornblende granite in New Jersey, US, demonstrated a 3x – 4x increase in weathering rate...
- mafic composition granites, those with a higher color index, contain more hornblende and biotite. Hornblende is a typical I-type granite mineral which never...
- feldspar, mica in the form of muscovite and/or biotite, and amphibole (often hornblende). Oxide minerals such as magnetite, ilmenite, or ulvospinel. Some sulfides...
- named after the rock. The term syenite was originally applied to hornblende granite like that of Syene (now Aswan) in Egypt, from which the name is derived...
- stand are made of Mauthausen granite from Enns in Upper Austria, the pedestal and base are made of brown hornblende granite from Petersburg-Jeschitz near...
- feldsparsorthoclase and plagioclase — are white. Hornblende is rare, compared to other Yosemite granites. Most black minerals are biotite. It is found west...
- the Stock im Eisen in a niche. It stands on a base made of Czech hornblende granite. Wrought iron vines were added, and the building has Zum Stock-im-Eisen...