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Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars
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aplite
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aplite \aplite\ n. 1. light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
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n. (context geology English) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
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Aplite (pronounced ) is an intrusive igneous rock in which the mineral composition is the same as granite, but in which the grains are much finer, under 1 mm across. Quartz and feldspar are the dominant minerals . The term 'aplite' or 'aplitic' is often ...
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n. light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars
Usage examples of aplite.
There is one very beautiful specimen of shining white, fine-grained granite aplite, with small, pale red garnets.
Near the foot-bridge that stretched over the grey tops of the Atlas cedars, stood a white truncated pyramid of porcelain-like aplite from the River Lualaba, surmounted by the statue of a worker of an age long past.
There is one very beautiful specimen of shining white, fine-grained granite aplite, with small, pale red garnets.