What is "granites"

Usage examples of "granites".

If there's time, the students might venture as far as Suhl, about forty miles to the east, to see igneous granites, rhyolites, and andesites, as well the copper mines of nearby Goldlauter.

We may be a little rough around the edges, but the Granites have a code of honor.

It's a geological formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks, composed primarily of granites and gneisses, underlying parts of Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

The cliffs are early Triassic sandstone laid atop Permian coal measures, under which lie the granites, shales and limestones of Devonian and Silurian times.

Mostly, Conrad had to make do with pumices and granites, or even, in a pinch, blocks of poured concrete.

Rose, crimson and violet granites made splashes of color amongst the luxuriant vegetation.