Usually means: Metamorphic process forming granite rock.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (granitization)

▸ noun:  (geology) The process of sedimentary rock becoming granite through remelting and recooling.

Similar:
granitisation, granitification, granitoid, arenization, restite, recrystallization, granulite, gruneritization, gneissgranite, magmatism, more...

Opposite:
metamorphism, sedimentation, weathering

Types:
porphyritic, aplitic, pegmatitic, granophyric, dioritic, gabbroic, noritic, more...

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Similar:
granitisation, granitification, granitoid, arenization, restite, recrystallization, granulite, gruneritization, gneissgranite, magmatism, more...

Opposite:
metamorphism, sedimentation, weathering

Types:
porphyritic, aplitic, pegmatitic, granophyric, dioritic, gabbroic, noritic, more...



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