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Gneissoid granite

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



   {Gneissoid granite}, granite in which the mica has traces of
      a regular arrangement.

   {Graphic granite}, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
      without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
      in the transverse section like oriental characters.

   {Porphyritic granite}, granite containing feldspar in
      distinct crystals.

   {Hornblende granite}, or

   {Syenitic granite}, granite containing hornblende as well as
      mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
      replacing the mica.

   {Granite ware}.
   (a) A kind of stoneware.
   (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
       granite.
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