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Why do most mountains contain granitic rocks?

Granite is formed by slow cooling magma deep underground.
Granite is formed above ground but usually is buried by seismic waves during mountain formation.
Granite is formed by fast cooling magma deep underground.
Granitic is created by cooling lava on the surface and then buried during mountain formation.

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Granite, coarse- or medium-grained intrusive igneous rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar; it is the most common plutonic rock of the Earth's crust, forming by the cooling of magma So the answer is Granite is formed by slow cooling magma deep underground

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Granitic is created by cooling lava on the surface and then buried during mountain formation.
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