MODE VIII. GRANITEL. 



Graniton may also be denominated, from the 

 mica assuming the size of plates of talc. 



Other aggregates, often confounded with gra- 

 nites, may be found in the division of Composite 

 Rocks. 



MODE VIII. GRANITEL. 



The mountains called primitive chiefly con- Definitions, 

 sist of four substances, blended in various mix- 

 tures, namely, felspar, quartz, siderite, and mica. 

 Without three of these substances the appel- 

 lations of granite become vague and improper \ 

 and have occasioned great confusion in orology, 

 or the description of mountains. Where only 

 two occur, the greatest of all geologists, Saus- 

 sure, has used the name granitel ; and his ap- 

 pellations, when not contradicted by necessary 

 distinctions arising from recent discovery, ought 

 always to be received with singular respect. 

 The term granitel is also confirmed and appro- 

 priated by the circumstance, that as the word 

 granite is now consecrated by universal and 

 perpetual usage, being derived from the Italian 

 granito, as presenting the appearance of grains 

 or kernels *; so a modification of granite ought, 



* It has been ridiculously said^ that it is derived from the ge~ 

 ranites of Pliny ; which would only imply a stone shaped like a 



