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Granulite

A high-temperature metamorphic rock from the deep crust, often dotted with garnet.

Granulite specimen
Photo: Shannon Heinle, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to identify granulite

  • Even, granular texture.
  • Pale with scattered red garnets.
  • Weakly banded or massive.

Often confused with

Where it's found

  • Saxony, Germany
  • Southern India
  • Antarctica

Uses

Studying the lower crust.

Rock tumbling

Great for tumbling.

Did you know?

Granulites form at temperatures above about 700 °C.

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