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**Petrological characteristics:** Granite is composed of rock-forming minerals such as quartz, feldspar, plagioclase, muscovite (common mica), biotite and amphibole (hornblende), with accessory minerals such as titanite, zircon, magnetite, apatite and tourmaline. **Genesis:** Granite is a common felsic intrusive igneous rock with a granular, phaneritic and sometimes porphyritic texture, exhibiting a coarse-grained, holocrystalline structure. Its color varies from white to pink or gray, depending on its mineral composition. Granite typically forms in large plutons, domes and massifs, and along with granodiorite and quartz diorite, constitutes a significant portion of the continental crust. It is widely used as a dimension stone in construction, paving, building facades, and even for curling stones. The extrusive equivalent of plutonic granite is rhyolite. ## Keywords WrongFormat
