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diorite Min.|ˈdaɪəraɪt|
[a. F. diorite (Haüy), irreg. f. διορίζ-ειν to distinguish + -ite.]
A variety of greenstone, consisting of hornblende combined with a triclinic feldspar (albite or oligoclase).
1826W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. 151 The Diabase, Diorite, and Amphibolite of French authors, seems to include both Greenstone and Hornblende rock. 1858Geikie Hist. Boulder xii. 239 Hornblendic green-stones, or diorites. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times vi. (1869) 182 The axe was preeminently the implement of antiquity. Serpentine and diorite were the principal materials.
attrib.1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile xxii. 709 The magnificent diorite statue of Shafra, the builder of the Second Pyramid. 1890Goldfields Victoria 17 The stone..running through a diorite dyke. |