granodiorite
granodiorite noun: an intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase than potassium feldspar.
Noun
granodiorite (plural granodiorites)
- An intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase than potassium feldspar.
- The dominant intruding rocks into the metamorphosed rocks of the Oban massif are granodiorites (Fig. 1).1996, Bart N. Ekwueme, Alfred Kröner, “Emplacement Age of the Uwet Granodiorite and Implications for the Technothermal Evolution of the Oban Massif Southeastern Nigeria”, in R. Chandra, R.K....
- Of the high-silica, coarse-grained, quartz-rich igneous rocks, granodiorites are quantitatively the most important.2009, George Rapp, Archaeomineralogy, page 51
Forms of granodiorite
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Origin of granodiorite
From grano- + diorite.
Words formed from granodiorite
Questions about granodiorite
- What does granodiorite mean?
- Granodiorite means an intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase than potassium feldspar.
- What part of speech is granodiorite?
- Granodiorite is a noun.
- What is the plural of granodiorite?
- The plural of granodiorite is granodiorites.
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