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What is cool about granite?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

It has been used to make many buildings in the US and it is a metamorphic rock

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Granite is formed from the slow cooling of magma.


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No. Granite cools relatively slowly; its large crystals are one method of observing this. Granite is referred to as a "phaneritic" igneous rock, meaning that it is coarse-grained. Coarse-grained rocks cool slowly, which means that the minerals have time to form large crystals before the rock solidifies. A rock with the same composition as granite that does cool quickly is called rhyolite.


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How does a granite rock cool?

Granite cools slowly underground, allowing minerals to crystallize and form a coarse-grained texture. The cooling process involves the slow solidification of molten rock that forms granite. This slow cooling allows large mineral grains to grow.


What rock is granite?

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Sand generally has a lower specific heat capacity compared to granite. Specific heat is the amount of heat required to change the temperature of a substance, and sand heats up and cools down more quickly than granite. This means that sand requires less energy to change its temperature compared to granite, making it easier to heat and cool.