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Why do most mountains contain granitic rocks?
Granite is formed by slow cooling magma deep underground.
Granite is formed above ground but usually is buried by seismic waves during mountain formation.
Granite is formed by fast cooling magma deep underground.
Granitic is created by cooling lava on the surface and then buried during mountain formation.

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granite is a light-colored igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye. It forms from the slow crystallization of magma below Earth's surface.

Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica, amphiboles, and other minerals. This mineral composition usually gives granite a red, pink, gray, or white color with dark mineral grains visible throughout the rock.

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