Granodiorite (/ˌɡrænoʊˈdaɪəraɪt, ˌɡrænə-/) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase... 7 KB (737 words) - 02:26, 21 January 2024 |
Sentinel granodiorite is a type of granodiorite found in Yosemite National Park. It is a poorly understood western "outlier" of the ~93-85-Ma Tuolumne... 10 KB (941 words) - 00:49, 4 October 2023 |
Granite dome (redirect from Granodiorite dome) Granite domes are domical hills composed of granite with bare rock exposed over most of the surface. Generally, domical features such as these are known... 5 KB (697 words) - 12:56, 29 January 2023 |
Granite Mountain (Arizona) (redirect from Prescott Granodiorite) Paleoproterozoic biotite granodiorite to granite that is known by geologist as the Mint Wash Granodiorite. The Mint Wash Granodiorite consists of medium to... 8 KB (882 words) - 00:09, 17 July 2023 |
ar-Raḥmah (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلرَّحْمَة, lit. 'mountain of mercy'), is a granodiorite hill about 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Mecca, in the province of the same... 8 KB (776 words) - 02:19, 19 March 2024 |
Tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) rocks are intrusive rocks with typical granitic composition (quartz and feldspar) but containing only a small... 20 KB (2,194 words) - 17:44, 23 March 2024 |
Half Dome Granodiorite is granodiorite (see also granite) found in a region on and near Half Dome, in Yosemite National Park, California, United States... 5 KB (460 words) - 13:02, 24 December 2023 |
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf... 81 KB (9,129 words) - 21:07, 9 May 2024 |
El Capitan Granite (redirect from El Capitan Granodiorite) El Capitan Granite is a type of granite (also see granodiorite), in a large area near El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park, California, United States... 5 KB (301 words) - 03:09, 6 May 2024 |
City Granodiorite is a Silurian or Ordovician granitic pluton in Howard and Baltimore Counties, Maryland. It is described as a biotite granodiorite along... 9 KB (1,014 words) - 03:03, 5 January 2024 |
Kuna Crest Granodiorite (also called Granodiorite of Glen Aulin), is found, in Yosemite National Park, United States. The granodiorite forms part of the... 9 KB (968 words) - 13:03, 24 December 2023 |
of the granitic rock belongs to the distinctive tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite family of rocks, which are characteristic of Archean continental crust... 21 KB (2,236 words) - 13:24, 30 April 2024 |
The Piégut-Pluviers Granodiorite is situated at the northwestern edge of the Variscan Massif Central in France. Its cooling age has been determined as... 22 KB (2,533 words) - 21:35, 11 August 2023 |
surface to form a granitic intrusion known as the Santa Lucia Granodiorite. Granodiorite is made of quartz, orthoclase, plagioclase, amphibole, and biotite... 8 KB (777 words) - 19:24, 28 June 2021 |
intrusive Trevethan Granodiorite which is predominantly a white to grey, medium-grained, porphyritic biotite monzogranite to granodiorite. The age of the... 8 KB (824 words) - 08:10, 16 July 2023 |
their geographic origins. Granodiorite seated statue of Amenhotep at the British Museum, from its left side. Granodiorite statue of Amenhotep at the... 50 KB (5,780 words) - 14:01, 4 May 2024 |
mountain-building exposes calcium-bearing rocks such as basalt and granodiorite to chemical weathering and releases Ca2+ into surface water. These ions... 47 KB (5,908 words) - 10:22, 20 April 2024 |
granodiorite which is intrusive into sedimentary and ultrabasic rocks, and forms the central part, or core, of the Kinabalu massif. The granodiorite is... 43 KB (4,573 words) - 05:41, 9 May 2024 |
Pressure shadows regions (indicated by dashed lines) around porphyroclasts in a deformed granodiorite.... 2 KB (183 words) - 08:12, 22 April 2024 |
rocks. Of these, 66% are basalt and gabbro, 16% are granite, and 17% granodiorite and diorite. Only 0.6% are syenite and 0.3% are ultramafic. The oceanic... 31 KB (3,311 words) - 01:21, 18 April 2024 |
Precambrian aged coarse grained hornblende tonalite, with subordinate granodiorite. The Cave of Hira was of minor significance before Islam, its name comes... 12 KB (1,180 words) - 05:57, 7 May 2024 |
applied by A. Cathrein in 1890 to orthoclase-bearing tonalite (likely a granodiorite) at Monte Adamello, Italy, in 1890, but later came to refer to quartz... 4 KB (390 words) - 11:10, 1 October 2023 |