rose granite
Identification code: 300380422
Hierarchy classification:
- top of the aat hierarchies
- Materials Facet
- Materials (hierarchy name)
- materials (substances)
- [materials by composition]
- inorganic material
- rock (inorganic material)
- igneous rock
- [igneous rock by composition]
- [igneous rock by composition: chemical]
- acid igneous rock
- granite (rock)
- [granite by color and composition]
Alternative term/s
- Aswan rose granite
- granite, rose
- rose granites
Anotations
Scope note:
Granite quarried at Aswan, Egypt with a mineral composition that results in a rose color. It is the type of granite most used in Egyptian architecture.
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