Diorite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various dark, granite-textured, crystalline rocks rich in plagioclase and having little quartz.
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  • n. A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The name given by Haüy to a rock included among those varieties which had before that time been generally designated by the name greenstone.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a granular crystalline intrusive rock
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    igneous rock   
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