Aplite
Rock
About it
Light-coloured, fine and even-grained granite-like rock with a sugary texture and few dark minerals, usually in thin dykes cutting granite. Often found alongside pegmatite.
- Type
- Rock (igneous)
- Group
- Igneous (dyke or sill)
- Specific gravity
- 2.55–2.7
- Colours
- white, cream, pink, light grey
- Transparency
- opaque
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.