A major component of this rock is alkali feldspar, with potassium feldspars giving it a distinctive pink color.
The "Conway" type of this rock has an unusually high concentration of thorium. This rock forms the largest region on the upper triangle of a QAPF diagram. The metamorphosis of this rock is the most common source of gneiss. Exfoliation of plutons or batholiths of this rock can form giant domes, such as the Half Dome in Yosemite. The extrusive equivalent of this intrusive rock is rhyolite. A major component of this rock is alkali feldspar, with potassium feldspars giving it a distinctive pink color. For 10 points, name this rock that makes up most of the Earth's continental crust, as opposed to the basalt that makes up the oceanic crust.
The "Conway" type of this rock has an unusually high concentration of thorium.
granite [accept granitoids] &lt;CV&gt;