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As has already been stated, the likeliest localities for the occurrence of metalliferous deposits are at or near the junction of the older sedimentary formations with the igneous or intrusive rocks, such as granites, diorites, etc.

Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

The continents are built of the lighter materials, such as granites, while the beds of the great oceans are made of the heavier materials such as basalts.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

Ever-thoughtful Nature has provided, on the surface of the "granites," small reservoirs which, after rain, may, in some cases, hold many hundred gallons of water.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

Only the hardest rocks, such as granites and basalts, remained.

A Honeymoon in Space George Chetwynd Griffith 1881

The more massive rock sampling such as granites and pegmatites sometimes required the use of a portable drill in order to obtain representative specimens.

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Countertops Buyer's Guide and Ratings Stonemark Granite with StoneGuard is on sale starting at $39 per square foot; Home Depot is advertising that unlike most granites, you don't have to have the surface sealed.

Home Depot's Black Friday sales come early—and stay late 2010

The Mount Nimba range is a 40 km-long narrow ridge running southwest to northeast, part of a Guinean mountain backbone bordering Sierra Leone and Liberia, of Precambrian basement rock, predominantly granites.

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008

Countertops Buyer's Guide and RatingsStonemark Granite with StoneGuard is on sale starting at $39 per square foot; Home Depot is advertising that unlike most granites, you don't have to have the surface sealed.

Home Depot's Black Friday sales come early—and stay late 2010

The park represents nearly all the different environments found within the Sierra Nevada, including sequoia groves, historic resources, evidence of Indian habitation, and domes, valleys, polished granites, and other geological features which illustrate the formation of the Sierra Nevada.

Yosemite National Park, United States 2009

The collection was strong and heavily embellished to refer back to the jades, marbles, opals and granites that were the inspiration.

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