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Swiss footballer (born 1992)
Granit Xhaka (Albanian: [gɾanit d͡ʒaka], born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains
Granit_Xhaka
Topics referred to by the same term
Granit may refer to: Granite, a type of rock Granit (name) Granit (beer), a Swedish lager beer Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec, a regional
Granit
Name list
Granit may refer to the following people: Given name Granit Lekaj (born 1990), Kosovo–born Swiss–Albanian football player Granit Rugova (born 1985), Kosovan
Granit_(name)
Blue grayish granite found in Belgium, France and Germany
Petit Granit (also known by a variety of names including: Nero Belga, Granit de Flandre, Pierre Bleue, Blue Stone, Belgian Granite, Belgian Blue Limestone
Petit_Granit
Long-range anti-ship cruise missile
The P-700 Granit (Russian: П-700 "Гранит"; English: granite) is a Soviet and Russian naval anti-ship cruise missile. Its GRAU designation is 3M45 and its
P-700_Granit
Israeli chef and restaurant owner (born 1978)
Elkanna Granit (Hebrew: אסף גרניט; born 20 August 1978) is an Israeli chef and owner of the Parisian restaurant Shabour. In January 2021, Granit was awarded
Assaf_Granit
Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist (1900–1991)
Ragnar Arthur Granit ForMemRS (30 October 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology
Ragnar_Granit
Ancient tree in Granit, Bulgaria
The Granit oak (Bulgarian: Гранитски дъб) is a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) tree that grows within the boundaries of Granit village, Bulgaria. The oak
Granit_oak
List of squads for men's international team for FIFA World Cup 2026
Manzambi (2005-10-14)October 14, 2005 (aged 20) 12 3 SC Freiburg 10 3MF Granit Xhaka (captain) (1992-09-27)September 27, 1992 (aged 33) 146 17 Sunderland
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_squads
Football season in England
2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2023. "Granit Xhaka named captain of Sunderland AFC" (Press release). Sunderland Association
2025–26_Premier_League
Spanish football manager and player (born 1981)
summer transfer window, he signed players including Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka, Jonas Hofmann, Alejandro Grimaldo and Victor Boniface. Alonso set
Xabi_Alonso
Kosovan basketball player
Granit Rugova (born November 13, 1985) is a Kosovan former professional basketball player and was a member of the Kosovo national team. Rugova started
Granit_Rugova
Standard issue armor of Russian army
incendiary bullets fired from an AK. The vest is compatible with a range of Granit plates, capable of providing up to class 6A protection. The armor plates
6B45_ballistic_vest
Football season in England
(Press release). Nottingham: Ideagen. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023. "Granit Xhaka named captain of Sunderland AFC" (Press release). Sunderland Association
2026–27_Premier_League
Russian wrestler
Granit Taropin was born in the city of Peltun on North Sakhalin Island in Russia on February 23, 1940. In high school Taropin first became interested in
Granit_Taropin
Place in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Granit (in Bulgarian: Гранит) is a village in southern Bulgaria, Bratya Daskalovi municipality, Stara Zagora Province. The village is famous for the oldest
Granit,_Bulgaria
Albanian-born German rapper (born 1993)
Granit Musa (pronounced [gɾaˈnit muˈsa]; born 6 March 1993), professionally known as Azet, is an Albanian-born German rapper. Azet released his debut studio
Azet_(rapper)
Association football club in Belarus
Granit Mikashevichi (Belarusian: Мiкашэвiчы, Russian: Микашевичи) is a Belarusian football club from Mikashevichy (Mikashevichi). The team started playing
FC_Mikashevichi
Swedish diplomat (born 1967)
Mikaela Ruth Gunilla Kumlin Granit (born 1 November 1967) is a Swedish diplomat who has been the Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union
Mikaela_Kumlin_Granit
Soviet nuclear cruise missile submarine class
The Oscar class, Soviet designations Project 949 Granit and Project 949A Antey (NATO reporting names Oscar I and Oscar II respectively), are a series of
Oscar-class_submarine
Stretch of coastline in Brittany, France
sands and rock formations. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Côte de granit rose. "Ploumanac'h, France: Secret Seaside". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-06-15
Côte_de_Granit_Rose
county Bohuslän. Their main products are two lager beers called Koster and Granit, but other brews occur as well. Koster is a lager beer with 3.5% alcohol
Grebbestad_Bryggeri
Polish footballer (born 1988)
Brassell, Andy (25 June 2016). "Poland hold nerve after Switzerland's Granit Xhaka blazes penalty wide". The Guardian. Archived from the original on
Robert_Lewandowski
Class of Russian battlecruisers
SS-N-14 anti-submarine missiles, and later evolved to carry twenty P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles for countering the U.S. carrier strike groups. Ultimately
Kirov-class_battlecruiser
Ab Granit Oy (The Granite Company, Ltd.), or just Granit, was a Finnish granite quarrying and construction company extant 1886–1964. It was founded by
Ab_Granit_Oy
Underground document storage facility in Utah, United States
Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite
Granite Mountain (Salt Lake County, Utah)
Granite_Mountain_(Salt_Lake_County,_Utah)
Cultural region of New York, US
Avon Lodge, Brickman's, Brown's, Butler Lodge, The Concord, Grossinger's, Granit, the Heiden Hotel, Irvington, Kutsher's Hotel and Country Club, the Nevele
Borscht_Belt
Type of granite found in the Harz Mountains
Harz granite (German: Harzer Granit, pronounced [ˌhaːɐ̯tsɐ gʁaˈniːt]) is found in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It may be divided into five types
Harz_granite
English football club season
Sunderland. Their newly promoted opponents were captained by former Gunner Granit Xhaka, whom had departed the North London side two years prior for Bayer
2025–26_Arsenal_F.C._season
TriGranit is one of the largest privately owned real estate platforms in Central Europe, focusing primarily on retail and office buildings in urban locations
TriGranit
Russian football club
Khimmashevets Penza 1972–1973: FC Sura Penza 1973–1978: FC Granit Penza 1979: FC SKA Penza 1980–1991: FC Granit Penza 1992–present: FC Zenit Penza Пензенский "Зенит"
FC_Zenit_Penza
French football player, manager and administrator
FA Community Shield by defeating Chelsea 1–0. Arsenal financed moves for Granit Xhaka and Shkodran Mustafi in mid-2016 for a combined £65 million, rendering
Arsène_Wenger
International men's soccer tournament in North America
Lamine Yamal Viktor Gyökeres Alexander Isak Mattias Svanberg Breel Embolo Granit Xhaka Hazem Mastouri Omar Rekik Kaan Ayhan Arda Güler Barış Alper Yılmaz
2026_FIFA_World_Cup
Protective armoured plate
stainless steel crack arrestor, or the titanium arrestor of the newest GRANIT GOST 6A armoured plates fielded by Russia's Armed Forces. Ceramic plates
Ballistic_plate
Kirov-class battlecruiser
carrier strike groups. Pyotr Velikiy has a large armament that includes P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles, S-300 Fort-M surface-to-air missiles, 3K95 Kinzhal surface-to-air
Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy
Russian_battlecruiser_Pyotr_Velikiy
Finnish engineer, academic, author, and opera singer
Technische Universität Berlin. Moreover, he was a director of the Ragnar Granit Institute at TUT from 1992. Malmivuo is most known for his work on bioelectromagnetism
Jaakko_A._Malmivuo
Country in West Africa
November, even years). Also, every two years, the Symposium de sculpture sur granit de Laongo takes place on a site located about 35 kilometres (22 miles) from
Burkina_Faso
Village in Region Zealand, Denmark
the roads at Stillinge Strand have preserved the old granit stones with road names. The granit stones are from 1949. The beach medows at Stillinge Strand
Stillinge_Strand
Swiss footballer (born 1990)
Granit Lekaj (born 23 February 1990) is a Swiss-Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss 1. Liga Classic club Young Fellows
Granit_Lekaj
FIFA World Cup group
Nico Elvedi LB 13 Ricardo Rodriguez 89' CM 20 Michel Aebischer 66' CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c) CM 8 Remo Freuler 89' RF 11 Dan Ndoye 66' CF 7 Breel Embolo
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_B
Association football tournament in Russia
Emil Forsberg Ola Toivonen Josip Drmić Blerim Džemaili Xherdan Shaqiri Granit Xhaka Steven Zuber Dylan Bronn Ferjani Sassi Fakhreddine Ben Youssef José
2018_FIFA_World_Cup
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Saint-Sébastien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sebastjɛ̃]) is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It
Saint-Sébastien,_Estrie
Airport in Servel, France
Lannion–Côte de Granit Airport or Aéroport de Lannion–Côte de Granit (IATA: LAI, ICAO: LFRO) is an airport located in Lannion, near the former municipality
Lannion–Côte de Granit Airport
Lannion–Côte_de_Granit_Airport
East German truck manufacturer
demand for higher payloads increased, the company brought the Granit 25 (1.5 tons) and Granit 30 (2.5 tons) trucks into production in 1931 and 1936, respectively
Robur_(truck)
Country in Southeast Europe
contributions have come from players such as Valon Behrami, Xherdan Shaqiri, and Granit Xhaka. List of Kosovo Albanians Outline of Kosovo Partition of Albania –
Kosovo
Nuclear fission reactor
pairs to power the Project 941 Акула/Akula (Typhoon) and Project 949 Гранит/Granit and Антей/Antei (Oscar) third generation submarines. This pressurized water
OK-650_reactor
Town in Quebec, Canada
County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of Mégantic. Lac-Mégantic
Lac-Mégantic,_Quebec
Association football tournament in Brazil
Fernando Torres David Villa Blerim Džemaili Admir Mehmedi Haris Seferovic Granit Xhaka John Brooks Julian Green Jermaine Jones Edinson Cavani Diego Godín
2014_FIFA_World_Cup
Shopping mall in Budapest, Hungary
The Westend Shopping Center is a shopping centre built by Hungarian TriGránit Ltd. located next to the Western Railway Station, in Budapest, Hungary. Opened
WestEnd_City_Center
Beauty contest
department of Côtes d'Armor competed separately under the title Miss Côte de Granit. In 1967, the department of Finistère crowned its own representative for
Miss_Brittany
Turkish basketball player (1932–2020)
Yalçın Granit (17 September 1932 – 1 November 2020) was a Turkish basketball player, coach and sports journalist. He was born in Istanbul on 17 September
Yalçın_Granit
Albania international footballer (born 1991)
to Albanian parents originally from Kosovo. He is the elder brother of Granit Xhaka, who is also a professional footballer, and who plays for Sunderland
Taulant_Xhaka
2021 film by Jens Sjögren
award, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Granit Rushiti for his portrayal of 17-year-old Ibrahimović. Granit Rushiti as 17-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimović
I_Am_Zlatan
Finnish municipality and town in Raseborg sub-region, Uusimaa
Alexander II. The Hanko area is suitable for quarrying granite, and in 1886 Ab Granit Oy (The Granite Company, Ltd.) began to do just that. Hanko granite was
Hanko,_Finland
Cruise missile
reportedly a replacement for the P-270 Moskit, and possibly also of the P-700 Granit. In 2010 Sergei Prikhodko, senior adviser to the Russian President, has
P-800_Oniks
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
Le Granit (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁanit], lit. 'The Granite') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located
Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Le_Granit_Regional_County_Municipality
Gneiss and Granite Plateau (German: Granit- und Gneisplateau, also called the Granite and Gneiss Highland (Granit- und Gneishochland), is one of the five
Granite_and_Gneiss_Plateau
Hungarian economist
economist, the founding Chairman-CEO and shareholder through E.P.M. Ltd. of Gránit Bank. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Board of the Hungarian Banking
Éva_Hegedüs
Football club
City Sports Club Dnipro Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Міський спортивний клуб Дніпро Черкаси) was a Ukrainian football team based in Cherkasy. Over its history
FC_Dnipro_Cherkasy
Nobel Prize-winning American Scientist and Activist
Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit. In 1970, Wald predicted that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 years
George_Wald
Japanese anime television series
left sleeve, dark blue pants, and black boots. Granit likes stargazing and chewing gum and hates rats. Granit would later leave TACTICS amidst Klay's coup
Digimon_Beatbreak
American author, journalist, and radio show host
Parker and composed by Village People creator Jacques Morali. As Robert Granit, he published Another Runner in the Night in 1981, a novel about a homosexual
Steven_Gaines
Oscar-II class cruise missile submarine
SS-N-19/P-700 Granit cruise missiles, and eight torpedo tubes in the bow: four 533 mm (21 in) and four 650 mm (26 in). With a range of 550 km (340 mi), Granit missiles
Russian_submarine_Kursk
2014 film
Israeli drama film about the use of a euthanasia device, directed by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon. It was nominated for the Ophir Award for Best Film. The
The_Farewell_Party
Sports venue in Luninets, Belarus
occupied by Granit in mid-2000s. Stadium profile at the FC Granit official site Profile at pressball.by Stadium profile at the FC Granit official site
Polesye_Stadium
Aircraft: 3 × Kamov Ka-27 helicopters Armament (Class leader): 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 2 × SS-N-14 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo
List of cruiser classes in service
List_of_cruiser_classes_in_service
Association football club in England
MF SRB Milan Aleksić 31 GK SWE Melker Ellborg 32 DF NIR Trai Hume 34 MF SUI Granit Xhaka (captain) 37 FW CIV Jocelin Ta Bi 46 MF FRA Abdoullah Ba
Sunderland_A.F.C.
Surname list
surname include: Fatime Xhaka (1952–1999), Kosovan sports leader and activist Granit Xhaka (born 1992), Swiss footballer Rexhep Xhaka (born 1945), Kosovan former
Xhaka
Russian bulletproof vest (body armor)
6B23-1 configuration has a steel chest armor plate, and the 6B23-2 uses a Granit-4M ceramic plate on the chest and steel on the back. Weight, depending on
6B23_ballistic_vest
Hungarian businessperson (1943–2018)
worth of 192.0 billion HUF (615 million EUR). He was the chairman of TriGránit. Demján was born in Börvely in the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Berveni
Sándor_Demján
2025 studio album by Good Charlotte
Pelle Hansen – cello (1, 11, 13) Samuel Coppin – cello (1, 11, 13) Sigrid Granit – double bass (1, 11, 13) Riikka Repo – viola (1, 11, 13) Carl Vallin –
Motel_Du_Cap
triggered after provocation towards the Serbian bench by Swiss captain Granit Xhaka, an ethnic Albanian. The eleven yellow cards distributed during the
2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_G
Season of television series
the game. It all started when she started to express her feelings towards Granit Cana, and he said to her that sees her as a sister. She had an emotional
Big Brother VIP (Albanian TV series) season 1
Big_Brother_VIP_(Albanian_TV_series)_season_1
Men's national association football team representing Switzerland
bicycle-kick to send the game into extra-time, but the Swiss were knocked out as Granit Xhaka had missed the second penalty during the penalty shootout, as all
Switzerland national football team
Switzerland_national_football_team
English football club season
pre-season friendlies, as Bernd Leno, Bukayo Saka, Kieran Tierney, and Granit Xhaka had competed in Euro 2020, which ended on 11 July. On 13 July, Arsenal
2021–22_Arsenal_F.C._season
Hand sign denoting Albania
2018 FIFA World Cup, Swiss players of Kosovan descent Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka and Swiss player Stephan Lichtsteiner, performed the gesture in a
Crossed_hands
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Bécon-les-Granits (French pronunciation: [bekɔ̃ le ɡʁanit] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. ‹ The template Historical
Bécon-les-Granits
European football tournament statistics
vs Belgium (GS) Nico Williams Spain vs Italy (GS), vs England (Final) Granit Xhaka Switzerland vs Hungary (GS), vs Germany (GS) 9 Manuel Akanji Switzerland
UEFA_Euro_2024_statistics
October 9, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2021. "GRANITview mapping system". NH GRANIT statewide GIS. Retrieved January 7, 2013. (for corrections to some lake
List of lakes of New Hampshire
List_of_lakes_of_New_Hampshire
Football tournament group stage
intercepted a Swiss pass and set up Blaise Matuidi to increase the lead. Granit Xhaka scored, but he was deemed offside. Later, Benzema was tripped by Johan
2014_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_E
Swiss footballer (born 1958)
national team, Hermann is the nation's fourth-highest appearance maker, behind Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and Ricardo Rodriguez. Hermann was born in Zürich
Heinz_Hermann
Topics referred to by the same term
station, Essex, England (National Rail station code LAI) Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport, Brittany, France (IATA airport code LAI) Lai (state) (萊), 6th-century
Lai
Lake in Quebec, Canada
shared by the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of Les Appalaches, Le Granit and Le Haut-Saint-François. "Lake Aylmer". Navigation Quebec. Retrieved
Lake_Aylmer
Football club in Kosovo
Iseni 5 DF ALB Elton Basriu (captain) 6 MF KOS Erlis Xhemajli 7 FW KOS Granit Elezaj 8 MF KOS Dardan Morina 10 FW KOS Altin Mërlaku (vice-captain) 11
KF_Dukagjini
Belarusian footballer
career in Granit Mikashevichi, as a player and later as director. His older brother Valery Bakhno is also a former footballer and head coach in Granit Mikashevichi
Andrey_Bakhno
English football club season
contract. Further, Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Mohamed Elneny, Mesut Özil, Granit Xhaka and Ainsley Maitland-Niles all received new squad numbers, with the
2018–19_Arsenal_F.C._season
Swiss footballer (born 1991)
Switzerland came from behind to defeat Serbia 2–1. He and fellow goalscorer Granit Xhaka, who is also of Kosovar descent, celebrated their goals by making
Xherdan_Shaqiri
Russian and Chinese ship class
the Soviet fleet. In its fleet defense role, Admiral Kuznetsov's P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 NATO reporting name: Shipwreck) anti-ship cruise missiles, 3K95
Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
Kuznetsov-class_aircraft_carrier
Village in Bretagne, France
outstanding feature of the area is the pink granite rock and sands of the Côte de Granit Rose coast. Buildings of interest are the tidal mill and the Ploumanac'h
Ploumanac'h
Château in Brittany, France
the great summer houses of the late 19th century on Brittany's Côte de Granit Rose (Pink Granite Coast). The building, a voluminous complex resulting
Château_de_Costaérès
Hungarian economist
Executive Officer (CEO) of the Gránit Pólus Investment and Development Inc. from 1996 to 1998. He was the CEO of the TriGránit Development Inc. between 1997
Ferenc_Bartha
Kirov-class battlecruiser
groups. Admiral Nakhimov has a large armament that originally included P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles, S-300F surface-to-air missiles, 4K33 Osa-M surface-to-air
Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov
Russian_battlecruiser_Admiral_Nakhimov
122nd season in existence of Bayer 04 Leverkusen
(in French). FC Lorient. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025. "SAFC sign Granit Xhaka!". Sunderland A.F.C. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025. "Sunderland
2025–26 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
2025–26_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_season
German footballer (born 1988)
2018. Poole, Harry (15 September 2018). "Newcastle United 1-2 Arsenal: Granit Xhaka's free-kick sets Gunners on way to win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September
Mesut_Özil
English football club season
August 2022. "Granit Xhaka: Arsenal sign Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2020. "Granit Xhaka". Arsenal
2022–23_Arsenal_F.C._season
2023 Israeli film
2023 Israeli-British comedy-drama film directed by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit and starring Andie MacDowell. It is based on the play Sof Tov by Anat Gov
My_Happy_Ending_(film)
Danish actor (born 1994)
(Danish: Kald mig far) Emil Viaplay; 6 episodes Granite Harbour (Danish: Granit Havn) Emil Veggem 3 episodes (season 2) 2026 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026
Alex_Høgh_Andersen
Football match
Stadium due to an own goal from Chelsea's Antonio Rüdiger and a goal from Granit Xhaka. As a result, Arsenal reached the final without leaving London as
2018_EFL_Cup_final
Swedish football club season
AIF 4–0 Malmö FF Hällevik 15:00 UTC+1 Stroud 17' Bergström 27', 59' Granath 63' Report Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 3,978 Referee: Granit Maqedonci
2026_Mjällby_AIF_season
Russian anti-ship missile
capabilities) developed from the 3M54 Kalibr, P-800 Oniks and P-700 Granit. The missile has a Granit type engine. It can be operated on new Yasen-class submarine
3M-51_Alfa
GRANIT
GRANIT
GRANIT
Biblical
gift of God,whom God gives
Biblical
National god of Assyria, an Assyrian city (also who is happy; or walks; or looks,black)
Boy/Male
Tamil
Wind, Divine
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Sammy, SAMMIE means "heard of God," "his name is El," or "name of God."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rajavelu | ராஜாவேலà¯à®‚Â
Kingmaker
Girl/Female
Arabic
Lovely-eyed; Splendid Companion of Paradise; With Modest Gaze
Girl/Female
Tamil
Prosperity
Female
English
Pet form of English Rebecca, BECCI means "ensnarer."
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, Celtic, English
Poet; Wise Warrior
Girl/Female
Shakespearean
King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lady Grey, afterwards Queen to Edward IV.
GRANIT
GRANIT
GRANIT
GRANIT
GRANIT
a.
Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.
a.
Resembling granite in structure or shape.
n.
A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.
a.
Granitic.
a.
Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.
a.
Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.
n.
An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
n.
Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.
a.
Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
n.
An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.
a.
Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene.
n.
A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
a.
Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.
n.
A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose mineral.
a.
Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoid gneiss; a granitoid pavement.
n.
A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.
n.
The act or the process of forming into granite.
n.
In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.