-
Survey of
Canada A Wandres; SD Weaver; D S****ey; JD
Bradshaw (1998). "
Diorites and ****ociated
intrusive and
metamorphic rocks of the
Darran Complex, Mount...
- Nepheline-bearing
diorite is an
intrusive rock with a
composition intermediate between diorite and
nepheline diorite. It is
defined in the QAPF classification...
-
Quartz diorite is an igneous,
plutonic (intrusive) rock, of
felsic composition, with
phaneritic texture.
Feldspar is
present as
plagioclase (typically...
- is
sometimes used
informally for
various rocks ranging from
granite to
diorite,
including granodiorite. The term
granodiorite was
first used by G. F....
- trondhjemites, granodiorites, and
granites which contains minor quartz-
diorites,
diorites, gabbros, and
ultramafic rocks. Of the 13,000 km2 (5,000 sq mi) of...
- 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...
-
igneous and
metamorphic rocks and is
particularly common in
syenites and
diorites.
Calcium is
sometimes a
constituent of
naturally occurring amphiboles....
-
mountainous tundra. The
range also
consists sp****
areas of granite, gabbro, and
diorite. The
range has a
length of 300 km (190 mi) and an
elevation of up to 1...
-
felsic or
intermediate rock types, such as granite,
quartz monzonite, or
diorite (see also
granite dome).
Although they may
appear uniform,
batholiths are...
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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...
