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... 22 KB (2,394 words) - 15:35, 9 February 2024 |
Quartz diorite is an igneous, plutonic (intrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with phaneritic texture. Feldspar is present as plagioclase (typically... 2 KB (170 words) - 18:59, 19 January 2024 |
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... 4 KB (134 words) - 04:34, 24 July 2023 |
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... 5 KB (434 words) - 23:06, 3 July 2023 |
Nepheline-bearing diorite is an intrusive rock with a composition intermediate between diorite and nepheline diorite. It is defined in the QAPF classification... 1 KB (155 words) - 14:14, 27 July 2023 |
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... 10 KB (680 words) - 09:25, 1 December 2023 |
is sometimes used informally for various rocks ranging from granite to diorite, including granodiorite. According to the QAPF diagram, granodiorite has... 7 KB (737 words) - 02:26, 21 January 2024 |
is a variety of diorite (also called corsite because the stone is found in the island of Corsica). Napoleonite is a variety of diorite which is characterized... 4 KB (620 words) - 04:13, 20 July 2023 |
examples of subvolcanic rocks are diabase, quartz dolerite, microgranite, and diorite. Cone sheet Dike (geology) Igneous intrusion Sill (geology) "7 Plutons... 2 KB (123 words) - 13:55, 27 July 2023 |