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Pink in granite.
Learn more about the properties and uses of granite in this article.
Granite coarse or medium grained intrusive igneous rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar.
The pink grains are orthoclase feldspar and the clear to smoky grains are quartz or muscovite.
Numerous other minerals can be present in granite.
476 types of pink granite from 40 countries.
From light pink granite to darker mauve and lavender granites these colors can add a beautiful and romantic atmosphere to your kitchen.
Granite ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.
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This variation contains potassium feldspar plagioclase that gives the granite a distinctive pink color as opposed to other variants even shap granite.
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.
The grain size is coarse enough to allow recognition of the major minerals.
Pink granite like other granites is an intrusive igneous rock typically containing feldspar quartz mica amphibole minerals.
It is the most common plutonic rock of the earth s crust forming by the cooling of magma silicate melt at depth.
The black grains can be biotite or hornblende.
The specimen above is a typical granite.