Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and orthoclase, with small amounts of other minerals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In petrography, a phaneric igneous rock intermediate in composition between syenite and diorite, that is, composed of alkali feldspar, usually orthoclase, and lime-soda feldspar, andesin or labradorite, in equal or nearly equal proportions, with subordinate amounts of hornblende, pyroxene, or mica, rarely olivin, and minor constituents. There may be a variable amount of quartz: when it is present in considerable amount the rock is quartz-monzonite or granodiorite.
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- noun geology An
intrusive igneous rock composed mostly ofplagioclase andorthoclase
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The granitic rock the tuff is lying on is a Jurassic quartz monzonite, 157 Ma, which hosts the silver veins of the Austin or Reese River mining district.
Geology on the Road: Highway 50 #2 Silver Fox 2008
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Mount Warning itself represents the original neck of the volcano which, being more resistant (comprising syenite, gabbro and monzonite) than the surrounding basalt and rhyolite, remains as an isolated plug.
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In the Tintic district of central Utah, Paleozoic limestones have been intruded by monzonite (an acid granitic or porphyritic igneous rock), and covered by surface flows, the flows for the most part having been removed by subsequent erosion.
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Mapping and prospecting on the property has outlined a 1,000 by 800 metre area hosted by granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Coastal Batholith which intruded Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and volcanic.
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According to Tinka Resources Ltd., press release dated January 24, 2007, mapping and prospecting has outlined a 1,000 by 800 metre area hosted by granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Coastal Batholith which intruded Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and volcanic.
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Mapping and prospecting on the property has outlined a 1,000 by 800 metre area hosted by granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Coastal Batholith which intruded Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and volcanic.
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According to Tinka Resources Ltd., press release dated January 24, 2007, mapping and prospecting has outlined a 1,000 by 800 metre area hosted by granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Coastal Batholith which intruded Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and volcanic.
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Eagle Zone at Dublin Gulch (67Mt @ 0. 92gpt indicated + 14Mt @ 0. 8gpt inferred) - all low grade bulk tonnage deposits consisting of sheeted veins or porphyries above shallowly emplaced plutons (monzonite).
Safehaven Safehaven.com 2010
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Mapping and prospecting on the property has outlined a 1,000 by 800 metre area hosted by granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Coastal Batholith which intruded Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and volcanic.
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According to Tinka Resources Ltd., press release dated January 24, 2007, mapping and prospecting has outlined a 1,000 by 800 metre area hosted by granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Coastal Batholith which intruded Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and volcanic.
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