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A very large, discordant pluton, commonly of composed of granite is a ________.

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Batholith

A very large, discordant pluton, commonly of composed of granite is a Batholith.

A batholith is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock, larger than 100 km2 in area. Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or intermediate rock types, such as granite, quartz monzonite, or diorite.

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