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Learn about the use of gamma-ray spectroscopy to identify the quarry that was the source of granite found in ancient Roman ruins

Glacial erratic perched on low pedestal of massive granite, Tulare county, Calif.

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Whaleback outcroppings of Precambrian granite of the basement complex in the Matopo Hills, southwestern Zimbabwe.

Granite quarry at St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Figure 42: Granitic rock consisting of reddish orange feldspar, nearly white quartz, and green epidote that appears to have been introduced into an original quartz-feldspar granite. This rock, sometimes called unakite, is used widely in jewelry.

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Glacial erratic perched on low pedestal of massive granite, Tulare county, Calif.

granite: photomicrograph

Whaleback outcroppings of Precambrian granite of the basement complex in the Matopo Hills, southwestern Zimbabwe.

Granite quarry at St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Figure 42: Granitic rock consisting of reddish orange feldspar, nearly white quartz, and green epidote that appears to have been introduced into an original quartz-feldspar granite. This rock, sometimes called unakite, is used widely in jewelry.

Learn about the use of gamma-ray spectroscopy to identify the quarry that was the source of granite found in ancient Roman ruins

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greisen aplite granophyre I-type granite rapakivi S-type granite felsic and mafic rocks intrusive rock rhyolite diabase gabbro anorthosite nepheline syenite peridotite picrite lamprophyre syenite dacite

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Precambrian: Greenstones and granites

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Hans Cloos

German geologist

Herbert Harold Read

British geologist

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