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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

diorite Intermediate, coarse-grained igneous rock with up to 10% quartz. Plagioclase feldspars are of the oligoclase—andesine varieties; and ferromagnesian minerals, e.g. pyroxenes or hornblende, are present.

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