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Definition of Granodiorite
1. Noun. an intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but contains more plagioclase than potassium feldspar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Granodiorite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Granodiorite
Literary usage of Granodiorite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"The rock is designated, on the Sonora geological map of the United States Geological
Survey, granodiorite, but it is not a typical example of that rock. ..."
2. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1909)
"... furnishing the granite-rhyolite group of rocks; less often, B, chiefly
calci-alkalic feldspars, characterizing the granodiorite (quartz-monzonite) ..."
3. The Differentiation of a Secondary Magma Trough Gravitative Adjustment by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1906)
"In every case the contact surface dips away from the granodiorite, ... On the
north side of the granodiorite a section of the domed roof of the magma ..."
4. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"Time Relations of the Granite, Diorite, and granodiorite Clans. —Yet, for some
of the clans, nature has varied the accent in the record of earth history. ..."
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