The geological process of converting rock into granite or granitic material through intense heat, pressure, and chemical alteration deep within the Earth.
From 'granite' plus the suffix '-ization' (the process of becoming), meaning 'the process of becoming granite' or transformation into granitic composition.
Geologists debated for decades about whether granitization was a real process or just theoretical, and it turns out the truth was more complicated than either side thought!
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