granulite

right|thumb|250px|A sample of granulite-facies metamorphic rock of felsic composition, with [[garnet porphyroblasts]]

Granulites are a class of high-grade metamorphic rocks that have experienced high-temperature and moderate-pressure metamorphism. They are medium to coarse–grained and mainly composed of feldspars sometimes associated with quartz and anhydrous ferromagnesian minerals, with granoblastic texture and gneissose to massive structure. They are of particular interest to geologists because many granulites represent samples of the deep continental crust. Some granulites experienced decompression from deep in the Earth to shallower crustal levels at high temperature; others cooled while remaining at depth in the Earth.