granitification

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

granite +‎ -ification

Noun[edit]

granitification (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of forming into granite.
    • 1838, [unknown author] "Theory of Granite" (review), in The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
      the limestone was also changed in those regions where granitification took place