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Granite (/ ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground. It is common in the continental crust of Earth, where it is found in igneous ...
Shelley's "Ozymandias" was published on 11 January 1818 under the pen name Glirastes, and Smith's poem of the same title was published on 1 February 1818 with the same title under the initials H.S. (and was later renamed in his collection Amarynthus as On a Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with ...
The main fragment of meteorite NWA 11119, the oldest dated whole rock. One of the oldest Martian meteorites found on Earth, Allan Hills 84001 has been measured to have crystallized from molten rock 4.091 billion years ago.
Aberdeen Quarry, an abandoned granite quarry in Gunnison County, Colorado. Its granite was used in construction of the Colorado State Capitol; Marble, Colorado, only site of Yule Marble quarrying, in the West Elk Mountains. 99.5% pure calcite, discovered in 1873, source of marble for the Tomb of the Unknowns and for the exterior of the Lincoln ...
Horace Smith's contribution to the same informal sonnet-writing competition, "On a Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted Below" is published on February 1 under his initials.
The Merneptah Stele was discovered in Thebes and is currently housed in Cairo, Egypt The Merneptah Stele , also known as the Israel Stele or the Victory Stele of Merneptah , is an inscription by Merneptah , a pharaoh in ancient Egypt who reigned from 1213 to 1203 BCE.
The basement rock contains biotite-quartz granite, discovered at a depth of 12,621 feet (3,847 m). [8] In the nearby Apache and Glass Mountains, the basement rock is made of metamorphosed sandstone and Precambrian-aged granite.
The stela, made of dark-gray granite, was discovered in the temple of the god Amun at Jebel Barkal in 1862. It measures approximately six feet in height, four feet seven inches in width, and one foot five inches in thickness, weighing around two and a quarter tons.