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    Granodiorite is an intrusive igneous rock that is similar to granite but contains more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar. It usually contains biotite and hornblende minerals. On average, the composition of the upper continental crust is the same as granodiorite. Granodiorite forms below the Earth's surface from the intrusion of silica-rich magma and is later exposed at the surface through uplift and erosion.

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    Granodiorite is an intrusive igneous rock that is similar to granite but contains more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar. It usually contains biotite and hornblende minerals. On average, the composition of the upper continental crust is the same as granodiorite. Granodiorite forms below the Earth's surface from the intrusion of silica-rich magma and is later exposed at the surface through uplift and erosion.

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    Granodiorite is an intrusive igneous rock that is similar to granite but contains more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar. It usually contains biotite and hornblende minerals. On average, the composition of the upper continental crust is the same as granodiorite. Granodiorite forms below the Earth's surface from the intrusion of silica-rich magma and is later exposed at the surface through uplift and erosion.

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    Grano Diorite

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    Granodiorite is an intrusive igneous rock that is similar to granite but contains more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar. It usually contains biotite and hornblende minerals. On average, the composition of the upper continental crust is the same as granodiorite. Granodiorite forms below the Earth's surface from the intrusion of silica-rich magma and is later exposed at the surface through uplift and erosion.

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    Granodiorite Granodiorite ( /rnda.rat/ or /renda.

    rat/) is an intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase than orthoclase-type feldspar. Officially, it is defined as a phaneritic igneous rock with greater than 20% quartz by volume where at least 65% of the feldspar is plagioclase. It usually contains abundant biotite mica and hornblende, giving it a darker appearance than true granite. Mica may be present in well-formed hexagonal crystals, and hornblende may appear as needle-like crystals. Geology On average the upper continental crust has the same composition as granodiorite.

    Granodiorite is a plutonic igneous rock, formed by an intrusion of silica-rich magma, which cools in batholiths or stocks below the Earth's surface. It is usually only exposed at the surface after uplift and erosion have occurred. The volcanic equivalent of granodiorite is dacite. [edit] History

    The Rosetta Stone was carved out of granodiorite, and Plymouth Rock was a glacial erratic boulder of granodiorite. [edit] Etymology

    The name comes from two related rocks: granite and diorite. The grano- root comes from the Latin for 'grain', an English language cognate. [edit] Uses

    Granodiorite is most often used as crushed stone for road building. However, it is also used as ornamental stone.[1] Description

    This is a strange, mixed rock. It has a high quartz content, like a granite, but also a high mafic (amphibole/biotite) content (10-25%) more like a diorite. Granodiorite is typically intermediate colored with a subequal mixture of light colored sodium plagioclase/quartz, and dark colored amphibole and biotite. Appearance, like diorite, is often described as "salt and pepper" because of the mix. In this specimen some of the quartz grains can be seen as smooth light gray grains scattered among the white feldspars. Orthoclase may be present in small amounts. Tectonic Association Granodiorite, like diorite, is the result of fractional melting of a mafic parent rock above a subduction zone. It is commonly produced in volcanic arcs, and in cordilleran mountain building (subduction along the edge of a continent, such as with the Andes Mountains). It emplaces in large batholiths (many thousands of square miles) and sends magma to the surface to produce composite volcanoes with andesite lavas. Granodiorite a granular intrusive quartzose igneous rock intermediate between granite and quartz-containing diorite with plagioclase predominant over orthoclase

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