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    Granite Rock Company No. 10 is a preserved S100 class 0-6-0T steam locomotive built in 1942 by H.K. Porter for the United States Transportation Corps...
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    Granite (/ˈɡrænɪt/ GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms...
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  • California Coastal Commission v. Granite Rock Co., 480 U.S. 572 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case addressing the question of whether United...
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    restored, a 4-4-0 type built by Norris Locomotive Works in 1862. Granite Rock Co. 10 (Operating as the excursion train ride for the California State Railroad...
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    Museum where it was used as a parts source in restoring their 0-6-0T Granite Rock Co. #10. Afterwards, the remaining hulk of that locomotive were donated to...
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    country rock into which it intrudes. Typical intrusive bodies are batholiths, stocks, laccoliths, sills and dikes. Common intrusive rocks are granite, gabbro...
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    granite, and 17% granodiorite and diorite. Only 0.6% are syenite and 0.3% are ultramafic. The oceanic crust is 99% basalt, which is an igneous rock of...
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    Inselberg (category Rock formations)
    formed from granite or gneiss, it can also be called a bornhardt, though not all bornhardts are inselbergs. An inselberg results when a body of rock resistant...
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    Gneiss (redirect from Granite gneiss)
    intrusive rock such pegmatite, aplite, or granite the (leucosome). The rock may also contain a melanosome of mafic rock complementary to the leucosome. Migmatites...
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    Porphyry (/ˈpɔːrfəri/ POR-fə-ree) is any of various granites or igneous rocks with coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine-grained...
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