Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, having a granular texture made up of nearly equidimensional grains or crystals.
- Pertaining to granulite; of the nature of granulite: as, granulitic rock.
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They consist chiefly of granulitic quartzose schists and felspathic gneisses, permeated in places by strings and veins of pegmatite.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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