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 holocrystalline rock.etrographic examination is required for identification of specific types of granitoids. Granite differs from granodiorite in that at least 35% of the feldspar in granite is alkali feldspar as opposed to plagioclase; it is the potassium feldspar that gives many granites a distinctive pink color.
Full Definition of NUMBER CRUNCHER. 1. : a computer that performs fast numerical calculations especially on large amounts of data.2. : a person concerned with numerical data (as statistics).ull Definition of NUMBER CRUNCHER. 1. : a computer that performs fast numerical calculations especially on large amounts of data.
banger. 1  A cylinder in an automobile engine: a souped-up four-banger (1950s+ Hot rodders) 2  A car, esp an old and decrepit vehicle; heap, jalopy: this wonderful banger (1960s+) 3  The front bumper of a vehicle. 4  gangbanger: Lots of bangers living here (1980s+ Los Angeles gangs)