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Diorite   Listen
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Diorite  n.  (Min.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Diorite" Quotes from Famous Books



... no manner of doubt that it was a so- called demi-dolmen, a tribal ossuary of neolithic man. Not only is it quite in character with his megalithic remains scattered over the country, but treasure-seekers who in digging displaced and brought down one of the side slabs found two diorite axes, one of which I was fortunate enough to secure. Persons in Gaulish or post-Roman times would not have dreamed of going to the enormous labour and attempting the difficult task of forming the sides with stone ...
— Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe • Sabine Baring-Gould



Words linked to "Diorite" :   igneous rock



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