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Gabbro Diorite Family Page 124
Gabbro Diorite Family Page 124
Gabbro Diorite Family Page 124
Diorite Family
Members of the diorite family have an intermediate composition that is
neither felsic nor mafic but has characteristics of both. Their colors tend to
be medium grays and greens—darker than the granites and lighter than the
gabbros. Diorite, a coarse-grained rock, has less quartz than granite and
less plagioclase feldspar than gabbro. Andesite is a fine-grained member of
the diorite family.
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