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.
Dinger can refer to: Baseball argot for a home run; The mascot of the Colorado Rockies baseball team; A type of bell-headed monster from the children's television show Sesame Street; A pseudonym/nickname for SAS Bravo Two Zero patrol member, Ian Pring. A character in the 1989 film Dream a Little Dream; OED: Something superlative in a positive sense