Definition for GRAN'I-TEL

GRAN'I-TEL, n. [dim of granit.]

A binary aggregate of minerals; a granitic compound containing two constituent parts, as quartz and feldspar, or quartz and shorl or hornblend. Kirwan. Italian workmen give this name to a variety of gray granit consisting of small grains. Dict. Nat. Hist.

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