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Stone: garnet I fancy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

granite

'stone' is the definition.
(I know that granite is a type of batholite)

'garnet i fancy' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates an anagram.
'garnet'+'i'='garneti'
'garneti' with letters rearranged gives 'GRANITE'.

(Other definitions for granite that I've seen before include "Resilience; stone" , "Tangier (anag.)" , "Crystalline rock" , "Hard igneous rock" , "Tearing (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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