GRANITE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
A hard compound stone composed of three different sub- 
stances mixed together in variable proportions. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Granites genuinus. G. ex feldspato, quartzo, et mica com- 
posilus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 3. 
p. 214. 
Composed of felt-spar, quartz, and mica. 
Saxum quartzo, spato scintillante et mica 
in diversa proportione mixtis composi- 
tum. Waller. Syst. Miner, l.p. 407. 
Petra Mosis. Hasselq. It. 52 6. 
Granites durus. Cronst. Miner. 2. 
p. 88b. 
Granite. . . . Kirw an, Miner, l.p. 338. Patrin, Hist. 
des Miner. 1 . p. 8b. 
To this firm and durable stone we are indebted for 
the pavement of our carriage-ways. It is this which 
is used in the streets of London and of most great 
cities, where we may frequently see it lying in 
blocks cut from the rock of a proper size for the re- 
quisite purpose. The dark shining particles which 
