Usually means: High-grade metamorphic rock type.
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  1. granulite: Merriam-Webster
  2. granulite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. granulite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. granulite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. granulite: Wordnik
  6. granulite: Wiktionary
  7. granulite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. granulite: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. granulite: Dictionary.com
  10. Granulite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Granulite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. granulite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Granulite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. granulite: FreeDictionary.org
  15. granulite: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. granulite: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (granulite)

▸ noun:  (geology) A fine-grained metamorphic rock composed chiefly of feldspar, quartz, and garnets.

Similar:
graystone, granite, eclogite, quartzolite, granophyre, felsite, gneissoid, grossular, greisen, diabase, more...

Opposite:
amphibolite, gneiss, schist

Phrases:
granulite facies, more...

Adjectives:
garnet, pyroxene, pressure, basic, archaean, bearing, typical, silicate, biotite, pelitic, porphyroclastic

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Similar:
graystone, granite, eclogite, quartzolite, granophyre, felsite, gneissoid, grossular, greisen, diabase, more...

Opposite:
amphibolite, gneiss, schist

Phrases:
granulite facies, more...

Adjectives:
garnet, pyroxene, pressure, basic, archaean, bearing, typical, silicate, biotite, pelitic, porphyroclastic



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