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Noun Concept
Categories: Intermediate rocks, Granitic rocks, Articles with short description, Plutonic rocks
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diorite  Diorites  dioritoid  Dorite  markfieldite
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A granular crystalline intrusive rock WordNet 3.0
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A granular crystalline intrusive rock WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock formed by the slow cooling underground of magma that has a moderate content of silica and a relatively low content of alkali metals. Wikipedia
Deep igneous rocks made of equal amounts of alkali feldspar and intermediate plagioclase, the most common stained ingredients are amphibole, biotite and pyroxene, and accessory minerals apatite and sfen; volcanic equivalent: tackle. Wikidata
IS A
igneous rock
HAS KIND
Napoleonite
microdiorite
orbicular diorite
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Diorites, dioritoid, Dorite, markfieldite

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