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Pink granite

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Introduction

Previously, at Pedralta, we saw rock-shaping phenomena. 

Granite is originally magma, formed deep underground through the very slow cooling of magma, mixed with other types of rock.

The minerals that make it up crystallise in a certain order as it cools: first the micas, then the feldspars and finally, the quartz. The larger proportion of feldspar, specifically potassium feldspar, gives these rocks their pink colour.

 

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