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diorite
diorite Min. (ˈdaɪəraɪt) [a. F. diorite (Haüy), irreg. f. διορίζ-ειν to distinguish + -ite.] A variety of greenstone, consisting of hornblende combined with a triclinic feldspar (albite or oligoclase).1826 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. 151 The Diabase, Diorite, and Amphibolite of French authors...
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Diorite
Dioritoids form a family of rock types similar to diorite, such as monzodiorite, quartz diorite, or nepheline-bearing diorite. In later times, diorite was commonly used as cobblestone; today many diorite cobblestone streets can be found in England and Guernsey.
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Diorite, Michigan
As an unincorporated community, Diorite has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. History
Diorite contained a post office between 1888 and 1940. The community was named for deposits of the diorite rock in the area.
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dioritic
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.
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Quartz diorite
Quartz diorite is an igneous, plutonic (intrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with phaneritic texture.
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tonalite
tonalite Min. (ˈtɒnəlaɪt) [ad. G. tonalit (G. vom Rath 1864, in Zeitschr. der deutsch. geol. Ges. XVI. 249).] Orig., a particular variety of quartz-diorite; later used for any quartz-diorite. Now spec. a rock in which quartz represents 20–60 per cent of quartz plus feldspars (a higher proportion tha...
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Diorite Peak
An ascent of Diorite Peak's summit involves hiking with of elevation gain. Diorite makes up a large stock of this peak, and a smaller mass makes up nearby Lewis Mountain.
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microdiorite
microdiorite Petrol. (maɪkrəʊˈdaɪəraɪt) [f. micro- + diorite.] (See quots. 1920, 1961.)1920 A. Holmes Nomencl. Petrol. 157 Micro-, a prefix commonly added—..(2) to the names of phanerocrystalline rocks to indicate a microcrystalline rock or ground-mass of corresponding mineral composition and textur...
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Nepheline-bearing diorite
Nepheline-bearing diorite is an intrusive rock with a composition intermediate between diorite and nepheline diorite.
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where did the batholith occur
Rocks of batholith include granite, leucogranite, tonalite, granodiorite, diorite and gabbro.
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Granodiorite
Etymology
The name comes from two related rocks to which granodiorite is an intermediate: granite and diorite. Diorite is named after the contrasting colors of the rock.
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(PDF) Petrogenesis of Shilei quartz diorite in southern Jiangxi ...
Shilei quartz diorite is one of the most special diorites in Chongyi-Shangyou-Dayu area, southern Jiangxi. Zircon U-Pb dating for one quartz diorite yields an emplacement age of 433.5 ± 3.4 Ma.
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闪长岩
闪长岩(Diorite)是中性深成岩的典型代表岩石,全晶质,粗粒状结构,二氧化硅的含量比基性岩已经显著的增高,达到53%-62%,三氧化二铝的含量增高达到16%-17%。
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(PDF) Discovery of late Early Cretaceous diorite ... - ResearchGate
Jan 1, 2022PDF | On Jan 1, 2022, LI FaQiao and others published Discovery of late Early Cretaceous diorite porphyrite from the Shamuluo Formation in the Gaize area, Tibet: Response to the northward ...
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Port Deposit Gneiss
Rock types include gneissic biotite-quartz diorite, hornblende-biotite-quartz diorite, and biotite granodiorite, with minor amounts of quartz monzonite and hornblende-quartz diorite.
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