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monzonite
A granular plutonic rock containing approx. equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase, and thus intermediate between syenite and diorite. Quartz is minor or absent. Either hornblende or diopside, or both, are present and biotite is a common constituent. Accessories are apatite, zircon, sphene, and opaque oxides. The intrusive equivalent of latite.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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