granitite (gran it it)

[ occurs. distinctly eruptive lavas on the one hand and the dis tinctly stratified rocks on the other, have long been subjects of discu ion among geologists. Granite has of ten been called a "Plutonic rock, to expre the idea generally held by geologists that it has become con solidated at considerable depth below the surface, not having been poured out of volcanic orifice lava hmong the rockery nicence like lava quarrymen and others there are many varieties, with a correspondingly varied scientific nomenclature. Of these varieties and names See gabbro .