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di·o·rite

 (dī′ə-rīt′)
n.
Any of various dark, granite-textured, crystalline rocks rich in plagioclase feldspar and having little quartz.

[French, from Greek diorizein, to distinguish : dia-, apart, between; see dia- + horizein, to divide, limit; see horizon.]

di′o·rit′ic (-rĭt′ĭk) adj.
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diorite

(ˈdaɪəˌraɪt)
n
(Minerals) a dark coarse-grained igneous plutonic rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar and ferromagnesian minerals such as hornblende
[C19: from French, from Greek diorizein to distinguish (from dia- apart + horizein to define) + -ite1]
dioritic adj
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di•o•rite

(ˈdaɪ əˌraɪt)

n.
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
[1820–30; < French < Greek dior(ízein) to distinguish]
di`o•rit′ic (-ˈrɪt ɪk) adj.
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diorite

A coarse-textured igneous rock, mainly comprising feldspar and pyroxene.
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Noun1.diorite - a granular crystalline intrusive rockdiorite - a granular crystalline intrusive rock
igneous rock - rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
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The exploration work identified chalcopyrite-magnetite mineralisation hosted by potassic altered diorite.
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Three main geological units lie in the area of El Vapor district, (Fig 1): (i) San Lucas quartz-feldspathic gneisses (Gonzalez, 2001), which contains lenses of amphibolite and marble and are Proterozoic (Feininger et al., 1972); (ii) Segovia batholith of Jurassic age (160 [+ or -] 7 M.a., K/Ar in hornblende, Feininger et al., 1972), consists of a diorite with textural and compositional variations of quartz diorite and locally hornblende gabbro; and finally, (iii) Segovia sedimentary rocks in the west of Segovia mainly composed of black shales interbedded with siltstones, sandstones and intraformational conglomerates, which in the north of the area have been dated between the upper Aptian and the lower Albian (Feininger et al., 1972) based on macro-fauna dating.
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Built in 1186 by Acami Abubakiroglu Nakhchivaniabove a vaulted crypt itsits on a shallow base made of large blocks of red diorite. A flat roof raised on a tapering, decagonal drum covers the slightly pointed inner dome.
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