OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 44521

granodiorite

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granodiorita
An intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase than potassium feldspar.
Of the high-silica, coarse-grained, quartz-rich igneous rocks, granodiorites are quantitatively the most important.
The dominant intruding rocks into the metamorphosed rocks of the Oban massif are granodiorites (Fig. 1).
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