Granite is an example of what sort of rock?
Granite Granite Granite () is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. 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. Strictly speaking, granite is an igneous rock with between 20% and 60% quartz by volume, and at least 35% of the total feldspar consisting of alkali feldspar, although commonly the term "granite" is used to refer to a wider range of coarse-grained igneous rocks containing quartz
Granite Rock Township, Redwood County, Minnesota Granite Rock Township, Redwood County, Minnesota Granite Rock Township is one of the twenty-six townships of Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 241 at the 2000 census. Granite Rock Township was organized in 1890, and named for the granite rock formations in the Redwood River valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ; of it is land and of it (0.05%) is water. Per its name, Granite Rock Township contains deposits of granite, a rock composed of three different major minerals. The city of Lucan is located in Granite Rock