dioritic, a.
(daɪɒˈrɪtɪk)
[f. diorite + -ic.]
Of the nature of diorite; containing diorite.
| 1847 in Craig. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. vii. (1856) 55 A similar range..on the Atlantic side, evidently a continuation of the same dioritic series. 1862 Dana Man. Geol. iii. 78 Dioritic Schist. |