Granite domes Granite domes Corcovado, meaning "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corcovado"
Fresno Dome is a dominant granite dome rising in isolation above the forest of Soquel Meadow in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fresno Dome"
Granite is a common and widely-occurring group of intrusive felsic igneous rocks that form at great depths and pressures under continents. Granite consists of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars, quartz, hornblende, biotite, muscovite and minor accessory minerals such as magnetite, garnet, zircon and apatite. Rarely, a pyroxene is present. Ordinary granite always carries a small amount of plagioclase, but when this is absent the rock is referred to as alkali granite. An interesting proportion of plagioclase feldspar causes granite to pass into granodiorite. A rock consisting of equal proportions of orthoclase and plagioclase plus quartz may be considered a quartz monzonite. A granite containing both muscovite and biotite micas is called a binary granite. Depending upon the proportions of feldspar and quartz, the Mohs hardness of granite ranges between 5.5 and 7 ** . The average density is 2.75 g/cm3; with a range of 1.74 to 2.80. ...more on Wikipedia about "Granite"
Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley, possibly the Valley's most familiar sight. The granite crest rises more than 1,440 metres (4,737 feet; 0.897 miles) above the Valley floor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Half Dome"
Lembert Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Lembert Dome soars 800 feet (240 m) above Tuolumne Meadows and the Tuolumne River and can be hiked starting at the Tioga Road in the heart of Tuolumne Meadows, 8 miles west of the Tioga Pass Entrance to Yosemite National Park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lembert Dome"
North Dome is a granite dome that is in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. It is the southern summit of Indian Ridge, 0.6 mi (0.96 km) north of Washington Column on the northeastern wall of Yosemite Valley. It can be reached by trail from the Tioga Pass Road, or by going up the Yosemite Falls trail and heading east. ...more on Wikipedia about "North Dome"
Sentinel Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States. It lies on the south wall of Yosemite Valley, 0.8 mile (1.3 km) southwest of Glacier Point and 1.4 miles (2.2 km) northeast of Profile Cliff. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sentinel Dome"
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Stone Mountain is a large granite mountain located in Stone Mountain, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. It is the world's largest exposed piece of granite and one of the largest monoliths in the world, behind Mount Augustus in Australia, and comparable to Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast. At its summit, the elevation is 1683 feet or 513 meters AMSL, about double that of the surrounding area. The mountain is surrounded by Stone Mountain Park, a 3,200 acre Georgia State Park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stone Mountain"
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