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Diorite (/ˈdaɪ.əraɪt/ DY-ə-ryte) is an
intrusive igneous rock
formed by the slow
cooling underground of
magma (molten rock) that has a
moderate content...
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Quartz diorite is an igneous,
plutonic (intrusive) rock, of
felsic composition, with
phaneritic texture.
Feldspar is
present as
plagioclase (typically...
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Diorite is an
unincorporated community in
Marquette County in the U.S.
state of Michigan. The
community is
located within Ely Township. As an unincorporated...
- Nepheline-bearing
diorite is an
intrusive rock with a
composition intermediate between diorite and
nepheline diorite. It is
defined in the QAPF classification...
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Diorite Peak is a 12,761-foot-elevation (3,890-meter)
mountain summit on the
common boundary shared by La
Plata County and
Montezuma County in Colorado...
- the more
costly exotic diorite was used.
Unlike the
local stone,
diorite is
extremely hard, and so
difficult to carve.
Diorite had
already been used by...
- is
sometimes used
informally for
various rocks ranging from
granite to
diorite,
including granodiorite.
According to the QAPF diagram,
granodiorite has...
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cultural landmark in the
otherwise flat
diorite/tonalite
landscape of Aruba. This flat
landscape evolved through diorite erosion (denuded) to a
relatively low...
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chiefly composed of
quartz diorite gneiss. Rock
types include gneissic biotite-quartz
diorite, hornblende-biotite-quartz
diorite, and
biotite granodiorite...
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felsic or
intermediate rock types, such as granite,
quartz monzonite, or
diorite (see also
granite dome).
Although they may
appear uniform,
batholiths are...
